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Alleged drunk driver 'all over the road' in Wahnapitae

A 29-year-old Cobalt, Ontario man has been charged with impaired driving, driving with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in his blood and failing to comply with an undertaking after he was spotted driving erratically on roadways between Markstay-Warren a
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A 29-year-old Cobalt, Ontario man has been charged with impaired driving, driving with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in his blood and failing to comply with an undertaking after he was spotted driving erratically on roadways between Markstay-Warren and Wahnapitae. File photo.
A 29-year-old Cobalt, Ontario man has been charged with impaired driving, driving with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in his blood and failing to comply with an undertaking after he was spotted driving erratically on roadways between Markstay-Warren and Wahnapitae.

On Aug. 11 at around 7:25 a.m. the OPP received a complaint about a possible impaired driver who was going southbound on Highway 535 in the Markstay-Warren area.

A short time later, officers received another call about the same vehicle being driven “all over the road, and passing on the shoulder” westbound on Highway 17 in Wahnapitae.

The OPP stopped the vehicle as it turned onto Regional Road 90. The driver was arrested and held for a bail hearing.