{"id":931606,"date":"2026-10-13T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931606\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:24:09","slug":"road-rage-incident-in-ontario-leaves-brampton-man-with-life-threatening-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931606\/","title":{"rendered":"Road rage incident in Ontario leaves Brampton man with life-threatening injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Brampton man sustained life-threatening injuries in a road rage incident on the Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews responded to the road rage incident that escalated into an assault on Third Street in Orangeville shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, the Ontario Provincial Police said.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old man was airlifted to a trauma centre where he remains in life-threatening condition, the OPP said.<\/p>\n<p>Police charged one person in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Demerchant, 33, of Orangeville, has been charged with aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was held for a bail hearing and remains in custody.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Dufferin OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit information online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/community\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.p3tips.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lead photo: SoftwareSimian<\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 54,765 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,571,115 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    190 VOTES<br \/>\n    Will Mississauga ever get a subway?    <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tStay in the know.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to receive our daily email of today\u2019s top stories in your city!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brampton man sustained life-threatening injuries in a road rage incident on the Thanksgiving weekend. Emergency crews responded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-931606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}