Impaired-related charges have been laid after a driver went the wrong way on an Ontario highway Friday evening, nearly causing multiple head-on crashes including one with police, officers say.
Ontario Provincial Police said at 7:30 p.m., officers received numerous calls about a pickup truck heading the wrong way on Highway 11 near Stephenson Road 1 in Bracebridge, Ont.
“Concerned members of the public all reported the vehicle nearly caused multiple head-on collisions, including one with police,” OPP said.
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Shortly after, police conducted a traffic stop of the suspect vehicle. No injuries were reported in the incident.
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Police said Orillia resident Garret Allison, 52, faces a number of charges including two counts of operation while impaired, dangerous operation, obstructing a peace officer, failing to stop for police, failure or refusal to comply with a demand, mischief, and driving the wrong way on a divided highway.
He’s scheduled to appear in a Bracebridge court on April 25.
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The OPP thanked members of the public who called to report the “potentially dangerous situation.”
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