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Sarnia commercial driver faces 10 charges

January 6, 2025

A Sarnia man is facing 10 charges after the OPP stopped a vehicle in Plympton-Wyoming.

OPP say the vehicle without a red light on the rear of the trailer was stopped Dec. 27 around 5:30 pm on Churchill Line west of Blackwell Side Road.

As a result of the stop, the driver, a 68 year-old from Sarnia, has been charged with 10 Highway Traffic Act offenses including failing to stop for police, not having a red light on the rear of the trailer, having an insecure load, driving without completing an inspection and improperly attaching a trailer,

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