Northern Ont. police lay charges in two historic impaired driving investigations
Two separate northern Ontario investigations from earlier this year have resulted in charges for impaired driving, provincial police say.
Moose struck on Hwy. 11 early in the year
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Jan. 30, members of the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a collision involving a single vehicle and a moose on Highway 11 in Fauquier-Strickland.
“The involved driver was transported via ambulance to hospital with non-life threatening injuries,” said police in a news release.
“Officers attended the hospital, and a blood sample was taken from the driver and sent away for analysis.”
The officers determined through their investigation that the driver had been consuming an intoxicating substance.
As a result of the incident, a 31-year-old woman from Becanour, Que., is facing two impaired driving charges, a charge for driving with cannabis readily available along with charges for driving a motor vehicle without plates or a permit.
Passed out behind the wheel on a spring afternoon
Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on April 26, officers with James Bay OPP responded to a report of “an unconscious person” in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck on Government Road in Kapuskasing.
Police said when officers arrived the vehicle had been stopped by bumper contact with another vehicle.
“The involved driver was transported via ambulance to hospital,” OPP said.
“Officers attended the hospital, determined the driver had been consuming an intoxicating substance, and a blood sample was taken and sent away for analysis.”
As a result of the collision and subsequent investigation, a 34-year-old Kapuskasing woman has been charged with impaired driving and dangerous operation of a vehicle.
Both accused were released and are scheduled to appear in court in Kapuskasing at later dates.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
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