Impaired charges laid after driver blows 3x the legal limit: OPP

Police have charged a driver with failing a breathalyzer test Thurs., March 6, 2025.

An alert witness at an Orillia restaurant called police about a possibly impaired patron getting behind the wheel of their car.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the Coldwater Road and Peter Street area searching for the driver at around 10:40 p.m. Thursday.

Police began patrols in the area and located the car on Highway 12.

A 30-year-old Oro-Medonte driver was charged with operation while impaired, and police say was three times over the legal limit of consumption.

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Police ask the public that if they believe someone is driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to call 911.