More incidents of rocks thrown at vehicles reported in Markham: OPP
Posted September 27, 2024 9:56 am.
Last Updated September 27, 2024 7:55 pm.
Provincial police say they have received more reports of rocks being thrown at vehicles in the Markham area.
It comes after two people suffered life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Sept. 20, believed to be caused by a rock being thrown directly at a windshield.
Police say that around 10:30 p.m. that same night, they received two separate reports of rocks striking the windshields of vehicles travelling northbound on Highway 48 just north of Elgin Mills.
Both those drivers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Investigators say they now have two more incidents to investigate on the evening of Sept. 12. At around 10:30 p.m., a vehicle travelling northbound on Highway 48 near Elgin Mills was struck by a rock, damaging the driver’s side-view mirror while a rock struck a vehicle travelling northbound on Highway 48, just past Major Mackenzie Drive, damaging the driver’s side-view mirror.
No suspect information has been released about any of the rock-throwing incidents at this point but police believe they are all linked to the same vehicle and person. Anyone who may have been in the area of Highway 48 near Elgin Mills between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. and saw something suspicious or has any information, dash cam or surveillance video is asked to contact the Aurora OPP or Crime Stoppers.
