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Impaired driving arrest made after vehicle crashes into tree: Peterborough County OPP

The Canadian Press file

An Otonabee-South Monaghan Township man faces impaired driving charges following a crash southeast of Peterborough on Tuesday night.

Peterborough County OPP say that around 11:30 p.m. officers responded to a crash on Redmond Road in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township. Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle which then crashed into a tree.

Officers said the driver was under the influence of alcohol.

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Scott Woodcock, 48, of Otonabee-South Monaghan Township, was charged with two counts of impaired driving (alcohol and drugs and blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus).

His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.

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He was later released and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on Nov. 3.

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