(HALIBURTON, ON) – Members from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two drivers with impaired driving offences in two separate incidents over the weekend.
On Friday August 28, 2015 shortly after 7:30 p.m, the Haliburton Highlands OPP received a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 35 near Hounsell Lane in the Township of Minden Hills.
Police determined that the driver of the vehicle had been consuming alcohol and arrested him at the scene and transported to the detachment for further tests.
The male driver did not sustain any injuries.
Daniel OUELLET, 43 years old, of Niagara Falls has been charged with:
· Impaired Driving
· Driving with more than 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood
The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Minden, Ontario on October 7, 2015.
In a separate incident, on Friday August 28, 2015 shortly after 7:30p.m, OPP were conducting traffic duties on Hodgson Road in the Township of Dysart et al when they stopped a vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act(HTA) infraction.
Police determined the driver had been consuming alcohol and arrested him at the scene and transported to the detachment for further tests.
James CONN, 61 years old, of Dysart et al has been charged with:
Care and Control while Impaired
Care and Control over 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood
The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Minden, Ontario on October 7, 2015.