Impaired driver 'ditches' truck

A North Bay driver has been charged with impaired driving after running his truck off the road into a ditch at the corner of Birch's and Booth Roads.

The accident occurred around 5:40 Friday afternoon.
Ambulance attendants had put the driver onto a stretcher and were preparing to take him to hospital.

But he was removed from the ambulance and placed in a police cruiser instead.

When asked if the driver was impaired a North Bay Police Service officer on the scene said, "We'll see. If I was betting man I'd put money on it."

He was right.