Police charged a woman for allegedly driving impaired by drugs while her baby was in the vehicle.
On Tuesday just after 10 a.m., police say a 26-year-old Perth, Ont., woman was driving southbound on Perth Road when her car swerved toward a passing vehicle, nearly causing a collision. She then allegedly rear-ended another vehicle stopped at a red light near Highway 401, and then accelerated towards a light post, causing her to stop.
Police say when witnesses checked on her, they found her one-year-old a child crying in the back seat.
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The child was taken to hospital, but the baby was uninjured.
According to police, the woman seemed to be drug-impaired, so she was arrested.
She was charged with impaired driving.
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