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Woman, 19, blows past police, crashes into cruiser: OPP

An OPP cruiser with lights on in this undated file image. An OPP cruiser with lights on in this undated file image.
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Provincial police were summoned to Howdenvale Road in South Bruce Peninsula by a complaint about a possibly impaired driver Saturday just before 10 p.m.

Officers located the vehicle and attempted to stop the driver, but were unsuccessful.

A short time later, police say the driver crashed into a stationary police vehicle, parked with its emergency lights and sirens activated.

Both vehicles sustained damage, none of the occupants were injured.

A 19-year-old woman from South Bruce Peninsula was charged with operation while impaired by drugs and alcohol and other impaired driving offences.

The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound on October 31.

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