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Brantford police pull over golf cart, charge man with impaired driving

Brantford Police have charged a man after stopping a golf cart on Wayne Gretzky Parkway.
Brantford Police have charged a man after stopping a golf cart on Wayne Gretzky Parkway. Global News File

Brantford police say a 23-year-old man had double the legal limit of alcohol in his system after he was pulled over while driving a golf cart on Wayne Gretzky Parkway.

Police were called at around 7 p.m. Saturday after a citizen spotted a man driving a golf cart northbound on Wayne Gretzky Parkway at Henry Street.

The concerned citizen told police that the man appeared to have an alcoholic beverage in his hand.

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Officers found the golf cart travelling northbound on Wayne Gretzky Parkway at Lynden Road and stopped the vehicle.

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Police say they saw an open alcohol container and allege the driver showed signs of intoxication.

According to police, the man failed a roadside breathalyzer test and was arrested after his blood-alcohol reading was double the legal limit.

The man has been charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol limit exceeding 80 mg and driving with an open container of liquor.

His licence was also suspended for 90 days.

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