LaSalle police have laid impaired driving charges against a driver found to have 3.5 times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
A Windsor man is facing impaired driving charges after police in LaSalle were called about a car in a ditch.
Just after 11 p.m. on Feb. 18, police were called about a report of a sedan in a ditch at the intersection of Golfview Drive and Malden Road.
Officers found a man trying to free the vehicle from the ditch and after interacting with the driver, the officer detected the smell alcohol on the man's breath.
The driver was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle and transported to the LaSalle Police Service where further tests were conducted, revealing a blood alcohol concentration more than 3.5 times the legal limit.
A Windsor man is charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with 80 milligrams or more of alcohol in his blood.
His drivers’ licence was immediately suspended for 90 days and his vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days.