Police say North Bay woman was impaired, driving with child in an unsafe vehicle

A 37-year-old woman from North Bay has been charged with child abandonment and impaired driving following an incident March 24 in West Nipissing. (File)

A 37-year-old woman from North Bay has been charged with child abandonment and impaired driving following an incident March 24 in West Nipissing.

Ontario Provincial Police said the suspect was also a suspended driver and a search found cocaine and methamphetamine in the vehicle.

The vehicle was pulled over by police around 8:45 a.m. on Coursol Road in West Nipissing.

“Police noted two occupants in the vehicle, the driver who had a suspended licence and a passenger under the age of 12,” the OPP said in a news release.

“The driver was arrested for impaired operation and then transported to the OPP detachment for further testing. A search of the vehicle located drugs suspected to be Cocaine and methamphetamine.”

The North Bay woman has been charged with driving while impaired by drugs, two counts of drug possession, abandoning a child, driving an unsafe vehicle, driving while suspended and failing to surrender a permit for the motor vehicle.

The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on May 7 in North Bay. An automatic 90-day driver’s licence suspension was issued and the vehicle was impounded for a week.