Huntsville OPP bust two inexperienced drivers with impaired charges

OPP cruiser on patrol.

Two inexperienced drivers were charged with impaired driving offences in Huntsville.

The first driver was pulled over about 8 p.m. on Thursday for travelling 50 kilometres-per-hour over the speed limit on Highway 60.

The Brampton man failed the breathalyzer test and was tested further at the police station. The 36-year-old man was later charged with:

• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Stunt driving, speeding
• Drive motor vehicle - no validation
• Novice driver - BAC above 0
• Drive motor vehicle - no accompanying driver

His car was impounded for 14 days due to the stunt driving offence, and he was handed a 90-day driver’s license suspension.

He has an April 15 court date at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge.

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The next day, police observed a car driving erratically on King William Street and they soon determined the woman was intoxicated.

Police charged a 25-year-old Huntsville woman with:

• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs

She is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on April 15.