EARLY MORNING COLLISION LEADS TO IMPAIRED CHARGE
(WAWA, ON)
- On August 1, 2020, at approximately 7:00 a.m., members of the Superior East
Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a
single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 in Bailloquet Township.
Officers arrived on scene and found that the driver had fled the scene on
foot. At approximately 8:35 a.m., an officer spotted the driver walking on
Highway 17 and placed them under arrest. Further investigation revealed
that the driver was impaired by alcohol.
As a result of the investigation, Tanner PADDOCK, 25 years-of-age, from
Wawa, was charged with the following:
- Operation while impaired - blood alcohol
concentration (80 plus), contrary to section 320.14(1)(b) of the Criminal
Code (CC),
- Dangerous operation, contrary to section
320.13(1) of the CC,
- Failure to stop after accident, contrary to
section 320.16(1) of the CC, and
- Race a motor vehicle - stunt, contrary to
section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA).
The driver was issued a 90 day Administrative
Driver's Licence Suspension (ADLS) and the vehicle was impounded for seven
days.
The accused was released from custody and is
scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on September 14, 2020,
in Wawa.