(Ashfield Colborne Wawanosh, ON) On April 25, 2010 at approximately 2:30 am police were patrolling in the area of Dungannon and observed a vehicle on Glenn’s Hill Road traveling east. A Huron OPP officer stopped the vehicle and immediately upon speaking with the driver detected the odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath. The officer also observed empty bottles of alcohol inside the vehicle. A demand was read to the driver to provide a roadside sample of his breath and he complied but failed his test. The driver was then arrested and taken to the Huron OPP Detachment where he provided two more samples of his breath to a qualified Intoxilizer Technician. The results of the tests confirmed that the driver had in excess of two times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
As a result of the vehicle stop and subsequent investigation, John CURRAN (21) of Dungannon has been charged with one count of Drive With Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol. He will answer to his charge in the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich on June 14, 2010. His drivers licence has been suspended for 90 days as per statute.