Impaired driving charges laid after single vehicle collision

Members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a collision on Highway 7 between Frank Hill Road and Loop Line in Emily Township and arrested an impaired driver.

On Sunday Nov. 8, at approximately 1:24 a.m., officers were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 7 where the vehicle was in the ditch after hitting a guardrail. The driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving-related offences under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Evan Woolfrey, a 41-year-old from Dunsford was charged with:

• Operation While Impaired – Blood Alcohol Concentration (80 plus)

The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay at a later date. The driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and the motor vehicle was impounded for seven days.