Car hits trees, impaired charges laid: SPS

Source: Sarnia Police Service.

The Sarnia Police Service has laid impaired driving charges after a collision in the 1400 block of Lakeshore Road early Saturday.

Just before 4 a.m., officers were called to the scene of a Mini Cooper in the ditch after hitting several trees. The vehicle was heavily damaged and covered in debris.

Officers said the driver and anyone else in the car left the scene of the incident. When police were on scene, a man approached and allegedly claimed to be the driver.

The SPS said security footage showed two women getting out of the vehicle and no man seen nearby or at the scene of the collision. He eventually admitted to police that he wasn’t the driver and helped move the women from the scene.

The man was given a warning for obstructing police.

Police were led to an address on Assiniboine Crescent through their investigation, finding the women seen in the security footage. No medical help was needed, but police said after breath samples were taken, it was determined the driver had 150 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, above the legal limit of 80.

As a result, a 20-year-old woman of Murphy Road is charged with:

• Operation while impaired
• Operation while impaired blood alcohol 80 plus
• Failure to remain at the scene of a collision

The woman was also given a 90-day driver’s license suspension.