Drinking and driving
ARTHUR – On Feb. 2 at about 12:15am, a Wellington County OPP officer was monitoring traffic on Wellington Road 109 in Arthur.
Police say the cruiser’s automatic license plate recognition system “alerted the officer of a potential suspended driver.”
A 35-year-old Arthur man was charged with driving while suspended and driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system. He is to appear in Guelph court on March 20.
GUELPH – On Feb. 4 at about 2:30am, Guelph Police received reports of a disturbance in downtown Guelph.
“Witnesses reported an intoxicated man being physically aggressive with people and driving his car,” police stated in a Feb. 4 press release. “Officers arrived and found a man lying in the backseat of the car with the keys.”
Police say the man failed a roadside breath test and it was determined he had more than the legal amount of alcohol in his system.
A 31-year-old Salem man was charged with impaired driving. He is to appear in Guelph court at a later date.
ERIN – On Feb. 4 at about 10:30pm, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a two-vehicle collision on Trafalgar Road involving a sedan and an SUV.
“Occupants of the vehicles sustained non-life-threatening injuries, with two individuals transported to a local hospital,” police stated in a Feb. 5 press release.
A 25-year-old Guelph woman was charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm and driving over 80mg. She is to appear in Guelph court on March 20.
FERGUS – On Feb. 7 at about 4pm, Wellington County OPP responded to a traffic complaint about a suspected impaired driver.
Police say officers “located a damaged vehicle on Water Street in Fergus.”
A 57-year-old Fergus woman was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs, dangerous driving and driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in her system. She is to appear in Guelph court on March 20.
In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.
