(LEAMINGTON, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from an off duty OPP officer on May 31, 2015 at approximately 10:25 p.m. regarding a blue GMC that was driving erratically on Essex County Road 31 in Leamington.
The driver of the vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic, was travelling at an extremely slow rate of speed and eventually slumped over the steering wheel of his vehicle while stopped at a green light.
Patrol officers arrived on scene and determined that the driver was impaired from alcohol. He was arrested at the scene.
Matthew EPP, age 25 of Kingsville was charged with Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Exceed 80 Milligrams of Blood Alcohol Content. He will appear in a Leamington court on June 18, 2015 to answer to the charge.