Drunk driver gets caught up in RIDE check: OPP

OPP News Release

(EAR FALLS, ON) – In the early morning hours of October 24, 2015, officers from the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) check on Highway 105 in the Municipality of Ear Falls. 

At that time, officers observed a vehicle turn down a near-by street, avoiding the RIDE check.  Further investigation led officers to speak with a male driver who had been drinking.  A roadside test was performed on the male subject, and a fail was registered.  The male was returned to the detachment for further tests.

A 26-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., has been charged with Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle contrary to section 253(1)(a) of the Criminal code and Operation of a motor vehicle with Over 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood contrary to section 253(1)(b) of the Criminal Code.  He was released by way of a Promise to Appear in Red Lake court on December 10, 2015 to answer to the charges.

Motorists who drink and drive are subject to drivers licence suspensions, vehicle impoundments, criminal records and increased insurance costs. Please drive responsibly and don’t drink and drive.