Driver arrested for impaired after attending court for impaired driving offence: OPP

An Ontario driver was arrested for impaired driving after she had earlier attended court to face a previous impaired driving offence, police say.

Ontario Provincial Police said that on Thursday at around 3:25 p.m., Orillia OPP officers were on patrol in the area of Memorial Avenue and Highway 12 when they saw a driver using their cellphone.

Officers stopped the vehicle, spoke to the driver and suspected that she was impaired by alcohol, police said.

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“Upon identifying the individual, it was learned that they had earlier attended criminal court regarding a prior impaired driving offence,” police said.

A 36-year-old woman from Collingwood now faces a new charge of driving while impaired — blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).

She’s scheduled to appear in court again in March.

Her driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for a week, police said.

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