(BLUEWATER, ON) – On February 13, 2011 at approximately 2:30 am, Huron OPP officers were sent to a single motor vehicle collision on Cameron Street in Bayfield. A witness remained at the scene of the collision until police arrived as it appeared that the driver may have been impaired by alcohol.
Upon arrival, police found the driver who was trying to hook up his vehicle in order to get it out of the snow bank. The driver showed obvious signs of impairment and was arrested. He was then transported to the Huron OPP Detachment where he met with a qualified Intoxilizer Technician to provide two samples of his breath. The results of the two tests indicated that the driver had a blood alcohol level approaching FOUR times above the legal limit of 80 milligrams.
John WHITE (40) of Bluewater is now facing 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 April 4, 2011. His licence has been suspended for 90 days and his vehicle has been impounded for seven days as per statute.