Off duty OPP officer charged with assault in northern Ontario road rage case

An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after a recent road rage incident in northern Ontario.

Provincial police say officers responded to an altercation between two motorists on March 17 in Temiskaming Shores, Ont.

They say a 54-year-old man from the city was charged with assault after an investigation.

Police say the accused man is a sergeant with 25 years of service in the OPP’s local detachment.

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He was not on duty at the time of the incident.

The officer is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in the community of Haileybury on April 22.