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RCMP arrest tractor trailer driver for being twice the legal limit

Lunenburg District RCMP have arrested the driver of a tractor trailer for driving while being twice the legal limit. File / Global News

At 12:30am Monday morning, Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a collision near Exit 13 on Highway 103.

Police arrived to find a tractor trailer in the ditch.

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The 41-year-old female driver from PEI was arrested at the scene.

She was taken to the Bridgewater detachment where she took a breath test indicating her blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit.

The driver is facing the following charges: Care and control while impaired, care and control with a blood alcohol content over 80mg per cent and possession of cannabis marijuana.

She is scheduled to appear in Bridgewater Provincial Court on June 14 at 9:30 a.m

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