OPP lay serious charges against three drivers in less than 12 hours
Posted Aug 7, 2026 02:27:55 PM.
Last Updated Aug 7, 2026 02:32:46 PM.
The first reported incident was Thursday at 3:30 p.m. and it kicked off a string of charges police laid on highways in Ottawa
According to provincial police, in less than 12 hours, three people face impaired driving charges after members of the public called 911 to report the incidents.
It happened in the afternoon when police received a traffic complaint from a driver on Highway 7. When officers found the vehicle they spoke to the 38-year-old driver and believed he was under the influence.
He faces two charges of operation while impaired for both alcohol and drugs, having a blood alcohol concentration higher than 80 and driving a vehicle with open liquor.
Then early Friday morning police were conducting a checkpoint at the Anderson Road off-ramp from Highway 417, the release notes.
At 12:30 a.m., they stopped a 51-year-old man who faces similar charges of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and having a high blood concentration.
On top of the court appearance, all the people stopped have a 90-day driving suspension and the vehicle is impounded for a week.
Barely 30 minutes later, a 51-year-old woman was stopped for speeding.
She faces several charges including:
- Failure or refusal to comply with demand
- Fail to identify self
- Fail to have insurance card
- Speeding – 50+ Km/h over the posted speed limit
Impaired driving seeing a slight decrease
Police are concerned about how many people are impaired and get behind the wheel in the eastern part of Ontario.
Officials said that there has been a slight decrease in the number of impaired drivers in the region over the last year. According to officials, there have been 575 impaired driving incidents in the first half of this year, which is down from the same period in 2024.
“One impaired driver is one too many. We know impaired driving can have a deadly impact, affecting not only that driver, but potentially others on the roads and highways, innocent families,” Inspector Josh Kingsley, OPP East Region Traffic & Marine Manager, said.
There have been 22 fatal crashes on roadways around the nation’s capital, resulting in 25 people killed. In those statistics, OPP share that impaired driving played a role in five of those deaths.
