Man faces impaired driving charge after fatal highway crash in Whitby

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TORONTO – A 31-year-old Toronto man was charged with impaired driving causing death following a fatal two-vehicle collision on Highway 401 in Whitby.

Ontario Provincial Police say the driver of a tractor-trailer was killed when the truck collided with a Jeep and flipped over on the westbound lanes near Brock Street just after 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Jordan Ohayon was formally charged with impaired driving causing death in a Toronto courtroom Wednesday afternoon.

The driver, identified as 51-year-old Lindsay A. Findlay of Arnprior, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lindsay’s wife, Sandy, said she last spoke to her husband on Tuesday. They’d been married 22 years and their anniversary was next week.

She said they would talk on the phone everyday she said and had lately spoken about how dangerous the road was.

“Lindsay complained about the road more and more,” she said in an interview. “Lately he really complained about the road, about how unsafe it’s gotten to be.”

Their daughter, 22-year-old Brittany Findlay, said her father was “the best dad” and made a point of being home for every event despite his work schedule.

“He was supposed to be here for me to walk me down the aisle and to dance with me for my father-daughter dance and now I just got that ripped away from me,” she said.

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“He made sure he was there for me, every Christmas concert, everything, he made sure he was here for me.”

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Police say the driver of the Jeep lost control of his vehicle and was hit from behind by the transport truck, which rolled over and blocked all three lanes of the highway.

The driver of the Jeep was not injured but was arrested and charged with impaired driving causing death.

The westbound lanes on Highway 401 were closed for several hours for the cleanup and police investigation but reopened just after 8 a.m.