(TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHGATE, ON) – On Friday, May 23, 2014 at approximately 7:22 p.m., Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of single motor vehicle collision on Southgate Road 8 in the Township of Southgate.
A witness observed the vehicle, a 2004 Chrysler, weaving on the road prior to it going into the ditch. The driver had exited the vehicle and was observed staggering in the area.
Officers arrived at the scene and found the driver of the vehicle to be intoxicated. He was arrested for impaired driving and taken to the Markdale OPP Detachment for breath tests.
James LONGLAND, 60, of Markdale in the Municipality of Grey Highlands was charged with impaired driving and refusing to provide a breath sample under the Criminal Code.
He is scheduled to appear in court in Owen Sound on Thursday, June 26, 2014.