What do a snowbank, a concrete barrier, and a light standard all have in common?
All played a role in the arrests of two women and a man charged with impaired in separate incidents over the past few days.
Just after midnight on January 20, North Bay Police Service officers were called to a vehicle lodged in a snowbank on McKeown Avenue. A 29-year-old North Bay man was arrested at the scene for being impaired by alcohol, and was taken to headquarters, where it was determined through testing, he had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream.
He was released on an undertaking with a future court date.
Two days later, a 32-year-old woman was arrested in the parking lot of the North Bay Regional Health Centre for being impaired by drugs, after she hit a concrete barrier and a light standard. She was taken to police headquarters, where she completed the required testing by a Drug Recognition Officer, and was charged with being "impaired by drug." She was also released on an undertaking with a future court date.
Then on January 23, at 7:50 a.m., police were called to a business on Drury Street regarding a woman passed out over the steering wheel of her vehicle.
Officers determined that she was showing signs of impairment, and arrested her for having "care and control of a motor vehicle while being Impaired by drugs."
She was taken to headquarters for further testing where she refused to complete the required testing by a Drug Recognition Officer, and was charged with "refusal." She was also charged with possession of a Schedule 1 substance and held in custody for a bail hearing.
All three had their vehicles impounded and face a 90-day automatic license suspension.
Upon conviction, drivers face heavy fines, further driver’s license suspensions and possible jail time.
NBPS does not release the names of impaired drivers.
In the last 26 days, nine people have been charged with impaired driving offences in North Bay say police.
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