Driver allegedly blows five times legal limit after crash in an Ontario town

Published February 26, 2024 at 9:09 am

An Ontario driver faces several charges after police say he blew five times the legal limit.

Emergency crews were called to a two-vehicle crash in the Collingwood area on Sunday (Feb. 25), the OPP said in a press release.

There were no injuries reported in the crash but police took one driver into the OPP detachment to conduct a breath test.

The test found the driver’s blood alcohol concentration to be more than five times above the legal limit, OPP said.

A 38-year-old man from Collingwood faces several charges, including operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus), operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs, failure to surrender insurance card, failure to surrender licence, and failure to yield to traffic on through highway.

He has been served a 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension, police said.