Drinking and driving

GUELPH – On Dec. 24 at about 7:40am, Guelph Police were called to a collision.

“A woman lost control of her car at Norwich Street East and Mitchell Street, striking a snowbank and causing significant damage to the car,” police stated in a Dec. 29 press release.

An 18-year-old Puslinch woman was charged with impaired driving and being a novice driver with a blood-alcohol level above zero. She is to appear in Guelph court on Jan. 13.

WELLINGTON NORTH – On Jan. 1 at about 6pm, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a complaint of a suspected impaired driver.

Police say a vehicle was found in the ditch at 12th Line and Sideroad 7 in Wellington North. 

“The vehicle was towed from the ditch, however ended up back into the ditch shortly after, requiring another tow,” police stated in a Jan. 2 press release.

A 33-year-old Maryhill man was charged with driving with an open container of liquor and driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system. He is to appear in Guelph court on Jan. 16.

In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – On Jan. 3 at about 3:15am, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a vehicle in  a ditch at Sideroad 20 and 3rd Line.

A 51-year-old man from Rockwood was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving over 80mg. He is to appear in Guelph court on Jan. 16.

FERGUS – On Jan. 3 at about 5:15am, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a complaint about a suspected impaired driver on St. Andrew Street West.

A 30-year-old Cambridge woman was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving over 80mg. She is to appear in Guelph court on Jan. 13.

PUSLINCH – On Jan. 4 at about 8:30am, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a complaint about a motorist asleep inside a damaged vehicle in a parking lot on Nicholas Beaver Road.

A 20-year-old Milton man was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving over 80mg. He is to appear in Guelph court on Jan. 13.

In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.