OPP charges 2 Ottawa drivers with drunk driving
Posted Jan 30, 2024 01:27:06 PM.
Last Updated Jan 30, 2024 01:28:49 PM.
Police have charged two people with impaired driving after a pair of crashes outside of the city.
OPP said the first call was on South Russell Road in Russell Township on Jan. 26 at around 4:30 p.m.
Officers were called to the scene of a collision and arrested a 45-year old woman for drunk driving.
Police were called to another crash on Jan. 27 on the west bound lane of Highway 417 near mile marker 66 at around 3:44 a.m.
Officers arrested a 20-year-old man for impaired driving.
No injuries were reported.
Angela Whitney, 45, and Camden Latour-Barrett, 20, were both charged with operation while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration of 80 plus and operation while impaired by alcohol.
Whitney faces a further charge of driving a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor.
Police said both received 90-day driver’s licence suspensions and their vehicles were impounded for seven days.
The two are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in L’Orignal at a later date.
