A 57-year-old Owen Sound man was seriously injured Monday night when the bicycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck at a downtown intersection, the latest in a string of serious traffic incidents that has residents calling for change.
The crash happened June 29, 2026, around 10:17 p.m. at 4th Avenue West and 3rd Street A West. The cyclist was taken to a London-area trauma centre with serious but not life-threatening injuries, according to the Owen Sound Police Service.
The pickup truck driver has been charged under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act with Careless Driving Causing Bodily Harm. The charge has not been proven in court. If convicted, penalties can include a fine of $400 to $2,000, up to six months in jail, and a licence suspension of up to two years.
A section of the roadway was shut down for several hours overnight while officers and the Forensic Identification Unit examined the scene. Police are asking anyone who saw what happened to contact Constable Harjot Singh at [email protected].
The collision comes two weeks after Owen Sound City Council voted against creating a citizen working group to study the city’s three most collision-prone intersections. Council turned down the idea June 15, 2026, overturning an earlier Operations Committee recommendation. The decision has drawn fresh attention following the cyclist crash and a February 2026 crosswalk collision at 10th Street East and 16th Avenue East that killed 48-year-old Sabrina Ormsby. An Owen Sound man faces a careless driving causing death charge in that case and is due back in court July 13.
