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