A 21-year-old northern Ontario resident is facing several charges – including impaired driving – after a traffic stop in Kapuskasing last week.
On July 19 at about 2:30 a.m., members of the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment conducted a stop “on a pickup truck that was generating a large amount of black exhaust smoke” in a parking lot on Riverside Drive in Kapuskasing.
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“Upon speaking with the driver, police determined that they had been consuming an alcoholic beverage,” said police in a news release.
“The driver was arrested and transported to the Kapuskasing detachment for further testing.”
As a result of the investigation, the 21-year-old driver from Smooth Rock Falls is facing two impaired driving charges and a charge for operating a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor in addition to a charge for the unreasonable amount of smoke.
The vehicle involved was impounded for seven days by police and the accused also received a 90-day administrative driver's licence suspension.
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The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 9.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
“Drive sober,” said police in a related social media post.
