Police stop smoky pickup truck, say they found open liquor
A 21-year-old northern Ontario resident is facing several charges – including impaired driving – after a traffic stop in Kapuskasing last week.
On July 19 at about 2:30 a.m., members of the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment conducted a stop “on a pickup truck that was generating a large amount of black exhaust smoke” in a parking lot on Riverside Drive in Kapuskasing.
“Upon speaking with the driver, police determined that they had been consuming an alcoholic beverage,” said police in a news release.
“The driver was arrested and transported to the Kapuskasing detachment for further testing.”
As a result of the investigation, the 21-year-old driver from Smooth Rock Falls is facing two impaired driving charges and a charge for operating a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor in addition to a charge for the unreasonable amount of smoke.
A 21-year-old male driver from Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., faces multiple charges, including impaired driving, following a traffic stop on Riverside Drive in Kapuskasing, Ont., on July 19, 2024. Ontario Provincial Police discovered opened alcohol in the vehicle and the pickup truck was impounded for seven days. (Ontario Provincial Police/X)
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 and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 9.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
“Drive sober,” said police in a related social media post.
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