Impaired Driver Blocks Traffic On Hwy 6 - Name Released

Source: OPP
Date: Fri Jun 15 03:22:15 MST 2018

(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) -On Tuesday June 12, 2018, officers from the Manitoulin-Espanola Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a vehicle blocking traffic on the swing bridge on Highway 6 in Little Current, Ontario.

At approximately 10:51 p.m., officers located the vehicle stopped on the one-lane swing bridge. Investigation revealed that the driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages.

As a result, Samantha DAME, age 31, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario has been charged with:

Driving While Ability Impaired by Alcohol, contrary to section 253(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC); and with
Driving With Over 80 mg of Alcohol in Blood, contrary to section 253(1)(b) of the CC.

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Gore Bay, Ontario on August 14, 2018.

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