A pickup truck driver on Manitoulin Island has been charged with impaired driving after his vehicle left the roadway, drove onto a residential property and rolled over. The incident took place Nov. 7 around 7:30 p.m. in Robinson Township, the Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Nov. 9. Officers responded to “a single-motor vehicle collision on Kemp Lake Road in Robinson Township involving a pickup truck that had left the roadway, driven onto a lawn and rolled over,” police said. “The vehicle’s airbags deployed and the property owner assisted the driver from the vehicle using a ladder.” Responding officers detected signs that the 43-year-old driver had been drinking and he was arrested. He had also been injured in the crash and was taken to hospital by paramedics. “Following treatment, the individual was released into police custody,” police said. The 43-year-old Webbwood man was charged with drunk driving offences and two counts of driving while suspended. He is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Gore Bay on Dec. 22. In addition, the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
