Driver blows over 2.5 x alcohol limit: Police

A vehicle involved in a crash in Barrie, Ont. on Fri., Feb. 6, 2026. (Barrie Police)

A Barrie man, 36, is facing numerous charges, including impaired driving, after allegedly blowing over two and a half times the legal alcohol limit and being involved in two collisions Friday night.

Barrie police had their hands full, after receiving reports of the vehicle spotted in various locations just after 6 p.m.

Two men had reportedly spent the evening drinking at a place on Fairview Road in Barrie and then left in a vehicle.

Police said they determined the vehicle was involved in two collisions.

They said the first was at Ardagh Road and Hawkins Drive, where the vehicle rear-ended another vehicle. Witnesses at the scene said the vehicle fled towards Mapleton Avenue and Silvercreek Crescent, where the next crash happened, according to police. At that intersection, police said they discovered the driver blew through a stop sign and collided with two other vehicles.

When police arrived on scene, they said the driver, who is the 36-year-old man, refused to get out of the vehicle and the passenger, 35, was being detained by someone else.

Police said when speaking with the driver, they smelled alcohol on their breath and noticed multiple containers of alcohol inside the vehicle.

Following a breath test at police headquarters, authorities said the driver was over two and a half times the legal alcohol limit.

The driver is facing seven charges including impaired driving, failure to stop and driving a vehicle without a permit.

The passenger is facing a charge of being intoxicated in a public place.

There were no serious injuries and the investigation is ongoing.