Snowmobile crash in Marmora area leads to impaired driving arrest: OPP

A Madoc Township man faces impaired driving charges following a snowmobile crash in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake, east of Peterborough, Ont., on Saturday.

According to Central Hastings OPP, around 4:45 p.m., officers responded to a single-vehicle snowmobile rollover on Centreline Road in the municipality.

The investigation determined the operator of the snowmobile was impaired, OPP said Monday.

OPP say the lone driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Karl Monkman, 59, of Madoc Township, was arrested and charged with two counts of impaired driving (alcohol and drugs and blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus).

He was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court in Belleville on Feb. 16.

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