Tractor-trailer Driver Arrested & Charged with Impaired Driving on 416

Edwardsburgh-Cardinal – A tractor-trailer driver has been arrested and charged with impaired driving offences following two reported traffic complaints on Highway 416 in Edwardsburgh-Cardinal on Wednesday night.

Just after 9:00 pm on April 16th, an off-duty police officer and a member of the public called police to report a traffic complaint involving a tractor-trailer that was driving in the middle of the road and well under the posted speed limit, northbound on Highway 416.

Grenville OPP quickly located the vehicle while still on Highway 416 and stopped it. The officers’ observations led to a roadside impaired driving investigation. The driver was subsequently arrested, and further testing was conducted at the Grenville County OPP Detachment. Test results were more than three times the legal limit.

The 47-year-old driver from Toronto was charged criminally with operation while impaired – alcohol, and operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration 80 plus. The driver was also charged under the Highway Traffic Act with unnecessarily slow driving.