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Hornby man killed after car strikes transport trailer A Hornby man is dead and a Milton man is facing several charges after an accident on Steeles Ave. at Fifth Line early Friday morning. Halton Police say preliminary investigation revealed the accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. when a car driven by Dylan Palmer, 31, of Milton, traveling eastbound on Steeles Ave., struck the rear of a stopped transport float trailer, commonly used to move heavy equipment. Jason Wood, 33, of Hornby, who was in the rear passenger seat of the car, was dead at the scene. Police say the right passenger side of the car took the impact of the collision and the front passenger, a 36year-old Milton woman, was seriously injured and taken by air ambulance to Sunnybrook Hospital where Tuesday she remained in stable condition. Steeles Ave. was closed for several hours for the police investigation. Palmer is charged with impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and driving with more than the legal amount of alcohol in his blood. He was held for a bail hearing. Wood is survived by his daughter Victoria, father James and brothers Wayne, Michael and stepsister Megan Rooney. Visitation is today (Wednesday) at the J. Scott Early Funeral Home in Milton from noon until 2 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Police blotter Local man charged with sexual assault A Georgetown man is facing charges after an 18-yearold woman was sexually assaulted last Wednesday evening. Halton Police report the incident occurred between 11:30 p.m. and midnight when a man forced his way into an Eighth Line home. Police say the man was looking for a female friend who wasn't there. Police say the man made sexual advances to a woman in the home, sexually assaulted her, then left. The woman was not physically injured. Police arrested the suspect in the incident on Friday. Charged with break and enter and sexual assault is Ryan Grant Sproule, 24, of Queen St. He was held for a bail hearing. ··· A Sirius satellite radio, valued at $700, was taken from a truck parked in a Tidy Ave. Acton driveway sometime Saturday or Sunday. ··· A 14-ft. dual axle trailer was taken from Halton Hills Electric on Commerce Cr. sometime Thursday or Friday. The trailer is valued at $3,000.