Ontario Provincial Police charged a truck driver from Alberta for driving on an Ontario highway while allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
On Aug. 31, just after midnight, Leeds OPP received reports of a transport truck that had bypassed the scales on Highway 401 in Leeds and Thousand Islands, Ont.
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With the help of the Ministry of Transportation, police stopped 42-year-old Harmandeep Singh of Edmonton, Alta., and charged him with impaired driving.
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He was also charged for allegedly driving with an unsealed container of liquor inside his truck and failing to stop a commercial vehicle for examination.
Singh is scheduled to appear in a Brockville, Ont., court at a later date.
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