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Passenger fatally struck after being ejected from moving vehicle in Tillsonburg, Ont.: OPP

FIle photo. OPP cruiser.
FIle photo. OPP cruiser. The Canadian Press

One man is dead after he was ejected from a moving vehicle and then struck by that same vehicle on Lisgar Avenue in Tillsonburg, Ont., just before 8 p.m. Tuesday and another man is facing impaired driving charges in the case.

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Oxford OPP initially reported that a pedestrian had been struck but investigators have since said that the collision involved “a passenger being ejected from a moving vehicle and subsequently struck by that vehicle.”

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Police said the driver left the area but later returned. In an update just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, police announced that Kyle Cuthburt, 24, of Langton has been charged with dangerous operation causing death, impaired operation causing death and impaired operation – blood alcohol concentration.

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The deceased has been identified as Wyatt Chambers, 26, of Tillsonburg.

Lisgar Avenue was closed between Fifth Street and Van Norman Drive for roughly six hours but has since reopened.

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