Wasaga Beach man, 34, charged with impaired driving
Huronia West OPP says a motorist was in the Town of Wasaga Beach after a concerned call was placed to 911 about a possible impaired driver driving in the wrong direction on a one-way road while swerving into oncoming traffic.
Provincial police say on Dec. 9, shortly after 6 p.m., they arrested the impaired driver, who had two youths in the vehicle.
The 34-year-old man from Wasaga Beach faces charges of impaired driving, over 80 blood alcohol, cannabis readily available and having open liquor.
Along with those charges, he was also handed a licence suspension, and the vehicle was impounded.
The accused is scheduled to appear in court in Collingwood early next year.
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