Skip to main content

Impaired driver stole vehicle, then smashed it, Manitoulin OPP say

Police handcuffs, vehicle keys and an alcoholic beverage. (File photo) Police handcuffs, vehicle keys and an alcoholic beverage. (File photo)

An 18-year-old resident of Sagamok First Nation has been charged following an incident Sept. 23.

Ontario Provincial Police were called shortly before 3 a.m. about a vehicle being taken without consent.

“Police were able to identify the person who took the vehicle, which had been involved in a single-vehicle motor vehicle collision,” OPP said in a news release Tuesday.

“The driver had consumed alcoholic beverages.”

The suspect is charged with impaired driving, driving after sundown while being a novice driver, drinking while under age 19 and failing to report an accident.

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Espanola on Nov. 6.

The driver was issued a 90-day driver's licence suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

NEW

NEW Canada's primary care needs serious updates, study reveals

Canada is trailing behind other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries when it comes to both the number of physicians relative to the population, and its spending on primary care, according to a new analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

These are the 5 headlines you should read this morning

Global Affairs Canada confirms the death of an eighth Canadian amid the Israel-Hamas war, Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over much of Guyana, and international students are once again set to face working hour limits.

Stay Connected