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Salmon Arm truck-driver charged with impaired driving in Ontario

Ontario Provincial Police arrest man after semi-truck blocks highway
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A 59-year-old male transport-truck driver from Salmon Arm was arrested April 27 by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Caledon, ON. and charged with a number of offences including drinking and driving.

Caledon OPP officers were called to the scene at approximately 8:30 a.m. April 27 to find a transport truck wedged into a tight turn on the Forks of the Credit Road, unable to move and blocking the road. Officers were required to close the highway while recovery crews removed the transport truck and trailer from the road.

The male truck driver from Salmon Arm was arrested at the scene and charged with operating a motor vehicle with over 80mgs of alcohol in blood, driving while disqualified, driving while suspended, driving under license of another jurisdiction while suspended in Ontario and disobeying signs.

The man is currently being held for a bail hearing.


 

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