Drinking and driving
MOUNT FOREST – On Aug. 29 at about 2am, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a complaint of a possible impaired driver on John Street in Mount Forest.
Andrew Henderson, 36, of Belwood, was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and possession of cocaine.
He is to appear in Guelph court on Nov. 17.
ERIN – On Aug. 29 at about 2:30pm, a Wellington County OPP officer was monitoring traffic on Wellington Road 124.
Police say “the cruiser’s automatic license plate recognition notified the officer of a vehicle that was potentially being operated by a suspended driver.”
A 31-year-old Erin man was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs, driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system, driving while prohibited, failing to surrender an insurance card and failing to surrender a vehicle permit.
He is to appear in Guelph court on Oct. 9.
PUSLINCH – On Aug. 29 at about 4pm, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a vehicle in a ditch on Highway 6.
A 30-year-old Guelph man was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving over 80mg. He is to appear in Guelph court on Oct. 6.
SOUTHGATE – On Aug. 30 at about 12:15am, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a three-vehicle collision on Highway 89 outside of Conn.
Police say a vehicle collided with two vehicles that were parked on the shoulder of the roadway, causing a parked vehicle to strike two pedestrians.
“The two pedestrians were transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries,” police stated.
Zander Pereira, 20, of Arthur, was charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm and driving over 80mg. He is to appear in Guelph court on Oct. 9.
CENTRE WELLINGTON – On Sept. 1 at about 2pm, Wellington County OPP received a complaint about a possible impaired driver near Belwood.
“Police located the driver in a parking lot on Belsyde Avenue East and Scotland Street, Fergus, and a traffic stop was conducted,” police stated in a press release.
A 32-year-old Toronto driver was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs, driving over 80mg, driving with liquor readily available and driving an unsafe vehicle. He is to appear in Guelph court on Oct. 16.
In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.
