(NORTH BAY, ON) – Twelve drivers have been charged with impaired driving offences by the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the month of July 2025.
One of those individuals was arrested after a vehicle rolled over and came to rest in the median ditch along Highway 11 in East Ferris.
On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 6:15 a.m., the North Bay OPP, East Ferris Fire Department, and District of Nipissing Paramedic Services responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover collision on Highway 11 in East Ferris. Officers determined the driver had been consuming alcohol. The individual was transported to hospital by ambulance, where further breath testing was completed.
As a result of the investigation, Abin ROY, 23 years-of-age from North Bay, has been charged with:
· Operation while impaired – alcohol
· Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Additionally, the individual received a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
Drivers are reminded that no amount of alcohol or drugs in your system is safe when driving. Impaired driving is a crime that continues to pose a serious threat to public safety.