NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE
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BRADFORD - A 54-year-old Newmarket man is charged with impaired driving after a vehicle drove into a construction zone and wound up on a rock pile.
On Thursday, July 12, 2018 around 11 p.m., South Simcoe Police Service officers received a call about a possible impaired driver at Line 5 and Highway 400 in Bradford West Gwillimbury.
When officers arrived, they found a van on its side and wedged on top of an approximately eight-feet-high pile of rocks used for road construction.
Police confirmed the driver was uninjured and helped him down the rock pile. Officers detected an odour of alcohol and placed the man under arrest.
He was transported to South Division for testing where readings of nearly three times the legal limit were registered.
The man was charged with Impaired Driving and Over 80. He was released with a court date in late July.
Sadly, we continue to arrest impaired drivers in our communities. People are still not getting the message that driving drunk is a dangerous gamble that can have very tragic results.
However, we are encouraged by the number of good citizens who are calling us to report suspected impaired drivers, as was the case in the above incident. Thank you for your ongoing support and assistance as we continue our shared responsibility to road safety.
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