Police say Oshawa man assaulted snowplow driver for blocking driveway with snow

A Durham police cruiser. Durham police/Twitter.

By Michael Talbot

Posted March 9, 2023 11:52 am.

Last Updated March 9, 2023 1:31 pm.

The stresses of cleaning up after a major winter storm apparently reached a boiling point in Oshawa last weekend, where police allege a homeowner assaulted a snowplow driver who blocked his driveway with a mountain of snow.

It happened on Saturday night in the Wilson Road and Greenhill Avenue area at around 9:30 p.m. following a storm that dropped up to 30 centimeters of snow on parts of the Greater Toronto Area.

Durham Regional Police officers responded to calls for an altercation between a homeowner and snowplow driver.

“A pile of snow blocked the male’s driveway after last week’s snowstorm causing him to become upset and assault the snowplow driver,” police said in a release Thursday.

Police have charged Scott Patton, 32, of Oshawa, with a single count of assault.

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