Police remind drivers that no amount of alcohol or drugs is safe before getting behind the wheel.
Police in Oxford County say three drivers are facing impaired driving charges following separate incidents overnight across the region.
Members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police removed three suspected impaired drivers from the road during patrols and a collision investigation early Thursday morning.
The first incident happened around 1 a.m. on March 5 on Simcoe Street in Tillsonburg. Officers on proactive patrol observed a vehicle being driven dangerously. Following an investigation, 27-year-old Kristy-Lee Gilbert of Simcoe was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and operation while impaired. She is scheduled to appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Woodstock in April.
About an hour later, police stopped another vehicle being driven dangerously on Road 68 in Zorra Township. Twenty-two-year-old Isabella Slade of Ingersoll was charged with several offences, including impaired driving, having a blood alcohol concentration over the legal limit, dangerous operation, and driving with an open container of liquor. She is scheduled to appear in court in May.
At about 6 a.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and a transport truck on Highway 403 in Norwich Township. No injuries were reported.
Police charged 29-year-old Corrinna Olszowy of London with impaired driving and dangerous operation. She is scheduled to appear in court mid-April.
Police remind drivers that no amount of alcohol or drugs is safe before getting behind the wheel.
