Northern OPP detachment lays 3 impaired driving charges in 13 hours
Impaired drivers recently kept a northern Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment busy this weekend. The Temiskaming detachment charged three people with impaired driving in only 13 hours.
Shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Friday, members of the detachment stopped a motor vehicle hauling an unsafe load on Highway 11 in the City of Temiskaming Shores, police said in a news release.
“Through investigation, police determined that the driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages,” said police.
Officers transported the driver to the local detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, the 52-year-old driver from Sudbury, Ont., is facing two impaired driving charges.
A few hours later on Saturday morning shortly after 3:30 a.m., OPP officers performed another traffic stop in Temiskaming Shores.
“Members of the Temiskaming OPP stopped a motor vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act (HTA) violation on McKelvie Street,” said police.
The officers during their investigation determined that the driver had consumed alcohol.
“The driver was arrested and transported to the Temiskaming Detachment for further testing,” said the OPP.
As a result, a 33-year-old local man was charged with failing to comply with a probation order along with two impaired driving offences.
Finally, shortly after 9:30 a.m. on April 27 – only six hours later – members of the detachment stopped another vehicle on Highway 11 in the city for a HTA violation.
Provincial police again determined that the driver had consumed alcoholic beverages and was subsequently arrested and transported to the police station for testing.
As a result of the testing and investigation, the driver, a 45-year-old New Liskeard man was charged with impaired driving.
In addition to the charges, the three northern Ontario drivers also had their licenses suspended for 90 days and the vehicles involved were impounded by police for seven days at the owner’s expense.
All of the accused were released and are scheduled to appear in court on May 28.
“Drivers are reminded that no amount of alcohol or drugs in your system is safe when operating a vehicle,” North East Region OPP in a social media post earlier this month.
“If you suspect someone is driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, call 911 to report it.”
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
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