Drinking and driving
EDEN MILLS – On Sept. 21 at about 10:30pm, Wellington County OPP officers responded to the report of a single-vehicle collision with a hydro pole on Memorial Street.
“A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of open containers of liquor,” police stated in a press release.
A 24-year-old Burlington man was charged with dangerous driving, driving with liquor readily available, being a novice driver with a blood-alcohol content above zero and driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system. He is to appear in Guelph court on Nov. 6.
ORANGEVILLE – On Sept. 28 at about 6pm, Dufferin County OPP officers responded to a traffic complaint regarding a possible impaired driver in the area of Bythia Street.
A 36-year-old Grand Valley man was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving over 80mg. He is to appear in Orangeville court at a later date.
In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.
