Wrong-way, impaired driver collides with other vehicle on Hwy. 417
Posted Oct 21, 2025 12:39:03 PM.
Last Updated Oct 21, 2025 12:39:09 PM.
A slew of charges were laid against a 32-year-old in relation to an incident of a wrong-way driver on Highway 417 in Ottawa’s west end.
According to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), a man from the nation’s capital was driving just before 11:00 p.m. on Oct. 19 along the throughway near Panmure Road, a rural portion of the highway near Carp. Police said they received multiple reports of a vehicle travelling west in the eastbound lanes of the highway.
As a result, the driver crashed into another motorist, who officials say suffered minor injuries as a result.
Responding officers suspected the wrong-way driver was impaired by alcohol and a roadside screening device was used. After further testing at the detachment, police determined he had registered more than three times the legal blood alcohol limit.
As a result, Colin Quin is facing offences of:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Dangerous operation
- Fail to stop after accident
- Drive wrong way – divided highway
- Drive motor vehicle, no currently validated permit
- Drive motor vehicle with open container of liquor
His driver’s licence is suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle is impounded for a week.
Quin is set to appear in an Ottawa court at a later date.
“The OPP would like to thank all individuals who continue to report impaired drivers,” police said in a press release.
