Another impaired, when will they learn?

On December 21 2014 at approximately 6 pm witnesses were alerted to the sound of a crash. Witnesses then observed a 2007 black Ford F-150 drive into a fence, not once but twice.

Police were called to the West side location and investigated a 37- -year-old Owen Sound male who had driven into a fence and hit a parked vehicle. As a result, the male was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle. Subsequent breath samples revealed that the accused had 4 ½ times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. The accused was given a January 8, 2015 court date.

This was the third impaired arrest this weekend and even though it may seem that drinking and driving is on the increase it may actually be that the public is becoming more involved. All three arrests were the result of information received from the public.

Weaving driver charge with DUI

The Owen Sound Police Service arrested an impaired driver late Saturday afternoon.

Shortly after 5:00 PM a citizen called police to report that a pick-up truck was being driven in a highly erratic manner. The caller had followed the truck eastbound on 10th Street West.

Members of the Owen Sound Police Service observed the truck driving up the 10th Street East hill. The truck was seen to be weaving across both lanes of traffic and into oncoming traffic. Police boxed in the truck at 10th Street East and 8th Avenue East.

The driver, a 58 year-old Kincardine man, was arrested at the scene. He was subsequently brought to the Owen Sound Police station for breath tests, where he blew more than three times the legal limit.

He has been released on a promise to appear for a court date in January.

Source - Owen Sound Police Service