A 19-year-old Warkworth man is facing impaired driving charges after police pulled over the tractor he was driving in Brighton on Saturday night (February 17).
At around 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, an officer with the Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on County Road 30 when he noticed a tractor was unable to stay in its lane.
The officer conducted a traffic stop, determined the male driver was impaired, and arrested and transported him to the OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, a 19-year-old Warkworth man was charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs and operation of a motor vehicle while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 milligrams in 100 millilitres of blood.
The accused man also received an immediate 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension, which happens when blood alcohol concentration is over 80 or if a driver refuses to give a breath sample or perform physical co-ordination tests when asked by police.
The accused man is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg at a future date.
