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Truck stop: Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Cam Woolley checks paperwork at truck safety blitz in Toronto yesterday, where 51 per cent of vehicles were faulty
Truck stop: Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Cam Woolley checks paperwork at truck safety blitz in Toronto yesterday, where 51 per cent of vehicles were faulty

Truck stop: Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Cam Woolley checks paperwork at truck safety blitz in Toronto yesterday, where 51 per cent of vehicles were faulty

Date4/16/1998
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Original Toronto Star caption: Truck stop: Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Cam Woolley checks paperwork at truck safety blitz in Toronto yesterday; where 51 per cent of vehicles were faulty.
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