Four Times the Legal Limit

Wednesday, 13 July 2016 13:25

Impaired driver in Woodstock stops at a green light and confuses his drivers license with a debit card.

WOODSTOCK - A 56 year old man from Paris has been charged with impaired driving after some erratic driving in Woodstock.

Police were called after a store owner at Dundas and Springbank noticed that a car drove over the curb while leaving their business. The man also stopped at a green light. When police pulled over the man this morning at 9:30 he pulled out his debit car instead of his license.

The man was asked for a breath sample and blew over four times the legal limit.

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