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Officer Nearly Run Over

OPP logoA  member of the Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police needed quick thinking and quick reflexes to avoid a crash.

Police say the officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Mill St. near Canal St. in Tilbury Thursday while on motorcycle patrol.

A driver nearly crashed into the officer while making a lane change.

Police say the driver, a 42-year-old Kitchener man was on a cell phone at the time.

He’s facing charges.