Patrol officers charged a northern Ontario man with impaired driving after witnessing him hit two parked cars in Temiskaming Shores last month, police said.
The officers were patrolling Highway 65 East around 2:40 p.m. Feb. 20 when they saw the collisions involving two vehicles parked at a business, Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Monday morning.
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A 28-year-old man from Englehart – a community more than 50 kilometers north – was arrested and taken to the detachment for further testing.
He was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol and for driving with a blood alcohol concentration level of 80 or more.
The suspect received a 90-day licence suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
He is scheduled to appear in court in Haileybury on March 4.
