Cochrane gas station attendant assaulted by impaired driver, police say
A 24-year-old Cochrane man is charged with impaired driving and assault after two incidents along Highway 11 earlier this month, police say.
Ontario Provincial Police impounded a vehicle from a gas station on Highway 11 on March 14, 2024 after arresting an impaired driver. (Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police)
The incidents happened shortly after 11 p.m. on March 14, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said in a news release Thursday.
“OPP received a call reporting a suspected impaired driver on Highway 11 in Cochrane,” said police.
“Three minutes later, police received a 911 call reporting an employee at a gas station on Highway 11 in Cochrane was being assaulted.”
Officers arrived at the Petro-Canada station a short time later and arrested the male suspect at the scene.
“(Police) discovered to also be the subject of the traffic complaint,” the OPP said.
“It was determined that the driver had been consuming an alcohol beverage.”
The driver was transported to the Cochrane detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, the 24-year-old local man has been charged with assault, resisting a peace officer along with two impaired driving offences.
The vehicle involved was impounded for seven days by police and the accused also received a 90-day administrative driver's licence suspension.
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on April 9.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
This event occurred only little more than a week before a Timmins convenience store clerk was stabbed in a violent robbery.
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