A Peterborough man is facing charges including impaired driving after a police vehicle was struck in late May.
Police say that shortly after 9 p.m. on May 21, a vehicle struck a police cruiser that was parked on Aylmer Street.
The officers conducted a traffic stop, and while speaking with the driver of the vehicle, police say they noted an odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver’s breath.
According to police, a subsequent breath test revealed the driver had more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system while operating a motor vehicle.
Veikko Thomas Piipponen, 68, of King George Street in Peterborough, was arrested and charged with operation while impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration of 80-plus and operation while impaired.
He was issued a 90-day automatic driver’s licence suspension, and his vehicle was impounded for seven days.
He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on June 20.
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