http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2014/06/26/opp-officer-hurt-in-motorcycle-crash
An OPP officer from the Niagara detachment was been seriously injured in a motorcycle crash after his bike struck an in-flight Canada Goose at the junction of Highway 11 and Highway 400, just north of Barrie, Thursday morning.
The officer, who was identified as Const. Pete Tucker, was hit by a goose in flight, said OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP Highway Safety Division.
It (the goose) was flying and came into his path as he was travelling southbound, he said.
Schmidt said the goose likely hit the motorcycle's windshield, which was broken off the police bike.
An OPP officer from the Niagara detachment was been seriously injured in a motorcycle crash after his bike struck an in-flight Canada Goose at the junction of Highway 11 and Highway 400, just north of Barrie, Thursday morning.
The officer, who was identified as Const. Pete Tucker, was hit by a goose in flight, said OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP Highway Safety Division.
It (the goose) was flying and came into his path as he was travelling southbound, he said.
Schmidt said the goose likely hit the motorcycle's windshield, which was broken off the police bike.