Pair of 911 calls leads to two impaired driving arrests in three hours

A pair of 911 calls from concerned citizens led to two separate impaired driving charges in a single northern Ontario town within three hours.

A pair of 911 calls from concerned citizens led to two separate impaired driving charges in a single northern Ontario town within three hours last weekend.

On Dec. 21 at about midnight, members of the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) James Bay detachment responded to an emergency call about a suspected impaired driver on Government Road West in Kapuskasing, Ont.

“Officers located the subject vehicle and driver, and determined the driver had consumed alcohol,” said police in a news release.

“The driver was arrested and transported to the Kapuskasing detachment for further testing.”

Then at about 3 a.m., an officer from the same OPP detachment responded to another suspected impaired driving call on Maple Drive.

Police were again able to locate the vehicle involved and their investigation determined the driver had consumed alcohol. Officers transported the driver to the local detachment for further testing.