(OPP photo)
An alleged impaired driver is lucky to have escaped a weekend crash without being seriously hurt.
The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person after receiving a report of a single vehicle collision.
On April 5, around 5:30 p.m., Renfrew OPP received a report of a vehicle in a ditch on Haley Road, near Highway 17 in Whitewater Region Township.
“Police arrived on scene and located a vehicle approximately 20 feet down in a ditch submerged in water. The driver did not require medical attention,” reads an OPP press release.
A 37-year-old from Otter Lake, Quebec was charged with: operation while impaired and having a blood alcohol concentration of more than 80.
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on May 14.
“The individual’s driver’s licence has been suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days,” reads the release.
The charges have not been proven in court.
(Sherry Haaima)