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Three more impaired drivers charged in recent days

Thirty-two motorists have now been charged with impaired driving so far this year by North Bay OPP.  

The latest charges were filed after a couple of recent collisions, with children in the vehicles of two of the accused.

On Tuesday morning, two vehicles collided head-on on Highway 522 in Powassan.  

A 32-year-old pickup truck driver from the Parry Sound area was charged with impaired causing bodily harm.  

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Two people in the other vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  

Another person and an infant were also in the pickup.

The 31st charge was filed against a 33-year-old East Ferris man after a late morning single-vehicle crash on Centennial Crescent in East Ferris on Thursday. 

Later that evening, North Bay OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 17.  

A vehicle, with four people inside including two children, hit a rock-cut. 

All four people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  

The 36-year-old driver from North Bay was charged with impaired causing bodily harm. 

Both motorists saw their driver’s licenses suspended for 90 days and their vehicles were impounded for 7-days. 

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