NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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MAPLETON TOWNSHIP, ON – On May 5, 2016 at approximately 7:15 p.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were called to attend a motor vehicle collision on Wellington Road 86 near Lavery Road, Mapleton Township.
A man was driving northbound in a 2010 Chevrolet and lost control. The vehicle entered a ditch and struck a mailbox. Police spoke with the man and believed that he was impaired by alcohol. An arrested was made and he was transported to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing.
His driver’s licence has been suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days as per statute.
80-year-old William FLYNN of Listowel has been charged with Impaired Driving and Over 80 Mgs contrary to the Criminal Code. He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on June 21, 2016.
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