Joy ride involving skid steer on private property results in impaired charge: Caledon OPP

A joy ride involving a skid steer on private property resulted in an impaired charge being laid, police say.

Ontario Provincial Police said that on Sept. 11 just before 9 p.m., officers received a report of a verbal dispute at a home in Caledon.

Two people were located when officers arrived, one of whom had a minor injury, police said.

An investigation determined that the injury was sustained while the person was on the lap of a driver of a skid steer, OPP said.

“Grounds were also formed that the driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol and was subsequently arrested,” police added.

A 55-year-old Caledon resident was charged with operation while impaired — blood alcohol concentration of 80-plus.

They’re scheduled to appear in an Orangeville court at a later date.

“As a reminder, regardless of where you are located, operating any type of conveyance (in this case was a skid steer on private property) while impaired by alcohol or drugs is as unlawful as driving a motor vehicle on the roadway and carries the same impaired driving penalties,” police said.