RED LAKE – According to OPP Northwest Region, on the afternoon of July 5 officers with the Red Lake OPP detachment responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 125.
During the investigation, officers determined the driver was impaired by alcohol.
Further testing showed the driver had a blood alcohol concentration of 80 plus.
As a result, a 46-year-old from Balmertown was arrested and charged with impaired driving, failure to ensure a child was properly secured, driving with an unsecured child passenger, failure to surrender an insurance card, failure to notify a change of address, and driving with cannabis readily available.
There were no injuries reported to police as a result of the collision.
The accused has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the court in August.
