Bracebridge OPP was busy Monday (Sept. 19th) investigating collisions and ultimately charging three drivers with Impaired Driving.
At 9:50 a.m. a member of the public reported that a vehicle had left the roadway on Doherty Road in Muskoka Lakes Township and crashed into a deep ditch.
Officers attended and after speaking with the driver, who was not injured, entered into an impaired driving investigation.
The driver, the 21-year-old Thomas Smith of Bracebridge has been charged with the following offenses:
- Impaired Operation by Drug
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the Purpose of Trafficking-Opioid – two counts
- Possession of a Schedule III substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – two counts
- Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Knowing There Was a Prohibited Weapon – two counts
He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on November 1st to answer to his charges.
At 1:20 p.m. officers responded to another single motor vehicle collision on Highway 11 North near Hastings Drive in Gravenhurst after receiving reports of a vehicle that had struck a hydro pole and ended up in the ditch.
Officers responded and after an investigation into the cause of the crash, arrested and charged 58-year-old Deborah Wilding of Muskoka Lakes Township with Operation While Impaired by Drug. She will appear in Bracebridge Court on October 11th to answer to her charge. No injuries were sustained by the driver.
Then at 6:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to another single vehicle collision on Waters Road in Gravenhurst, regarding a pickup truck that crashed into the ditch.
Officers arrested and charged 67-year-old Douglas Condy of Gravenhurst with Operation While Impaired by Alcohol and Driving While Under Suspension. He was uninjured and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge for a bail hearing on September 20th.
Members of the public are important partners of the OPP and are credited with taking many impaired drivers off the roads.
If you suspect someone is driving while impaired, please call 9-1-1 from your hands-free device if it is safe to do so.