(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – At approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 30, 2014 Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to Blyth Road to patrol for a pickup truck that was observed heading westbound in an erratic manner. Police received information the driver was weaving in and out of her lane and was now stopped on the shoulder of the road.
A Huron County OPP officer located the suspect vehicle, a beige Toyota Tacoma on Blyth Road west of Sharpe’s Creek Line. Upon speaking with the driver the officer noted the driver had consumed alcohol and was displaying several signs that she was impaired by alcohol. The officer also observed an open bottle of alcohol lying on the front passenger seat.
The female driver was arrested for Impaired Driving and was transported to the Huron Detachment for breath tests. She provided two samples of her breath to a qualified Intoxilizer Technician and both samples were found to be over the legal limit.
As a result, Bettylou HEXAMER, 64, from Goderich, has been charged with Impaired Driving, Drive Motor Vehicle – Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol and Drive Motor Vehicle with Liquor Readily Available. She has a court appearance scheduled for the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich on July 7, 2014. She received an automatic 90 day driver’s licence suspension and her motor vehicle has been impounded for seven days.