(Central Huron, ON) On October 8, 2010 shortly after 6:00 pm, a single vehicle was involved in a collision on Bayfield River Road. Upon arrival Huron OPP officers spoke to witnesses who confirmed the details of the collision. The driver was spoken to by police and subsequently arrested for impaired driving. He was taken to the Huron OPP Detachment where he met with a qualified Intoxilizer Technician to provide two samples of his breath. The samples confirmed that the driver had more than two times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
As a result, Joel KAASTRA (19) of Ashfield Colborne Wawanosh has been charged with one count of Impaired Driving and one count of Drive with Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol. He will answer to his charges in the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich on November 29, 2010. His drivers’ licence was suspended for 90 days as per statute.