A Peterborough teen is dealing with a number of charges after abandoning the automobile he was driving after it left the roadway and went into the Otonabee River on Sunday evening (December 22).
At round 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews responded to a name a few automobile that had entered the Otonabee River from County Street 32 in Douro-Dummer Township.
The caller suggested police that they had come throughout particles from a collision and noticed a automobile partially submerged within the water of the river. They referred to as out to the automobile however didn’t get any response, and suggested police they might see footprints arising from the shoreline.
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After officers and emergency crews arrived on the scene, they discovered an deserted passenger automobile within the water with the aspect home windows open and airbags deployed. Officers carried out patrols of the world and have been ultimately capable of contact the driving force by cellphone.
The motive force advised police his automobile had struck black ice, inflicting it to hit a tree after which enter the river. He suggested police he was wonderful and had acquired a journey from the scene of the collision. He was reluctant to offer police together with his location.
Officers decided the driving force’s location and went to an tackle in Lakefield, the place they spoke with the driving force.
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Through the dialog, they detected the odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driving force and administered an alcohol screening check, which registered an “alert”. The motive force was issued a three-day licence suspension.
In Ontario, if a roadside breath check exhibits a results of 0.05 to 0.079 blood alcohol focus, the driving force will be given a warning and a direct non permanent licence suspension. The penalty for a primary offence is a three-day licence suspension and a $250 wonderful.
Along with the three-day licence suspension, the 17-year-old male driver from Peterborough was charged with 4 offences beneath the Freeway Site visitors Act: careless driving, a novice driver with a blood alcohol focus above zero, failure to report an accident, and failure to stay on the scene of an accident.
