Seven local athletes advance to OFSAA track and field championship
Three impaired charges in Lambton in 28 hours
April 22, 2024
Lambton OPP laid impaired driving charges against three people after three separate incidents.
Friday before 8 pm, OPP received a call of a possible impaired driver on Highway 40 in St. Clair Township. Police stopped the vehicle the caller described and laid two impaired driving charge against a 56 year-old Courtright man.
A few hours later, just before 2 am Saturday, an officer observed a suspicous vehicle on Mandaumin Road in Enniskillen Township and stopped it.An 18 year-old from Wyoming is facing two impaired driving charges in that stop.
And, later that day, at 11:30 pm, Lambton OPP stopped a vehicle on Quaker Road in Warwick Township for a Highway Traffic Act violation. Police say there was open liquor in the car, so they did a roadside test. A 25 year-old from Thedford is facing three impaired driving charges.
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