OPP charge woman after vehicle found in ditch on northern highway

An Ontario Provincial Police image illustrating impaired operation charges. (File photo/Ontario Provincial Police/Facebook)

A 48-year-old Wahnapitae woman faces impaired driving charges after Ontario Provincial Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 539 in West Nipissing over the weekend.

Officers were called to the scene of a vehicle in a ditch along the highway at about 12:50 p.m. May 10.

No injuries reported

“No injuries were reported,” OPP said in a news release Monday.

Police said the driver was taken into custody at the scene.

“The driver was arrested for impaired driving, then transported to an OPP detachment for further testing,” said police.

Charges and penalties

As a result of the investigation, the motorist was charged with failing to have an insurance card and driving a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor along with impaired operation with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

In addition to the charges, the woman’s driver’s licence was automatically suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded by police for seven days.

The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in court in North Bay on July 2.