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Barrie OPP Respond To 41 Collisions

(Oro-Medonte, ON)- On Monday January 5th, 2015 members of the Barrie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to forty one motor vehicle collisions (MVC) The collisions were almost evenly split with twenty one on Highway 400 and twenty on Highway 11 in the Oro-Medonte and Springwater areas.

Police closed highway 11 southbound south of Line 9 in Oro-Medonte Twp while heavy tows removed several jackknifed commercial motor vehicles. At 4:24 pm a civilian advised an OPP officer that she observed a male party drinking beer in his car and urinating on the side of the road.

Officers from the Barrie Detachment spoke with the driver and after an investigation was conducted, forty one year old Jonas ROLFE of Crossfield Alberta was charged with Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Drive Motor Vehicle Over 80 milligrams of alcohol, Fail to Comply with Recognizance x 2 and Fail to Comply with Conditions of Undertaking Given by Officer in Charge.

His licence was suspended for a period of 90 days under the Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) program and his motor vehicle was impounded for seven days. He is scheduled to appear at Provincial Court in Barrie Tuesday, January 6th 2015.