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CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Vehicle mounts curb, driver blows 3x over legal limit: Barrie police
Police in Barrie arrested a woman accused of driving nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit and mounting a curb on Anne Street North Thursday night. According to police, the woman was found by officers walking away from her vehicle 'and appeared unsteady on her feet.' The officers spoke with the woman, who they claim was obviously impaired. Police say she was arrested and taken to the station where a series of tests were conducted, allegedly determining the 47-year-old woman from Alliston had a blood alcohol concentration well above the legal limit. The accused was later released from custody and will have to appear in court to answer to the impaired driving charge at a later date. As a result of the offence, her vehicle will be impounded for seven days and her licence was suspended for 90 days.
Telegraph
18-07-2025
- Telegraph
Drunk-driver who fled crash told police ‘I am f----d'
Drink-driver who fled the scene of a car crash to avoid a breathalyser test said 'I am f----d' when caught by police. Chanelle Powell, 32, was found to be double the legal alcohol limit when she wrote off a parked car and crashed into another while driving her Vauxhall Astra. She was collected by her mother and stepfather moments after the crash on June 23 and quickly departed the crash scene. Police stopped the vehicle after reports from witnesses, at which point Powell broke down and repeatedly said: 'I am f----d'. Powell was sentenced to a 16-month driving ban at Chester magistrates' court after she pleaded guilty to drink-driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. She was also handed a 12-month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work. Powell insisted that her mother and stepfather had coincidentally been passing by the accident and picked her up to ''comfort her'' but a judge ruled she fled the area in the knowledge she would be breathalysed. The crash occurred when Powell, who had been drinking beer as she was 'stressed', lost control of her car on Station Road in Little Sutton, Cheshire, and crashed into a parked car while on her way to see her boyfriend. Michelle Dodd, prosecuting, said: 'That vehicle was shunted into a BMW and then to a near 90-degree angle to a wall. It was left with a wheel hanging off and was a write-off with damage of upwards of £6,000. 'The BMW sustained £500 worth of damage whilst the Astra had severe damage to the left front side wheel, which was also hanging off. 'Officers arrived at the scene and a number of members of the public immediately told the officer that the female driver responsible was clearly intoxicated and had fled the scene in another vehicle, a Vauxhall van. 'This vehicle was quickly located close by and stopped, the female driver being in the passenger seat. When the driver was being questioned, the defendant looked uncomfortable and stated 'I am f----d' multiple times. 'There was a positive roadside breath sample, and she was taken into custody. Tests showed Powell had had 79 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 35mg. 'A lapse of judgment' A probation officer told the court: ''She had been working from home on the day of the incident and after work, she had consumed three or four beers. She had been stressed due to a hospital appointment and was using alcohol as a coping mechanism. They added that Powell recognised 'it was wrong' to drive, and said it 'was clearly a lapse in judgment'. District Judge Jack McGarva told her: 'This was a serious situation where substantial damage was caused to a number of vehicles and you then fled the scene. 'I am quite certain you fled the scene because you knew you would fail a breath test. I say that because of what you said to the police when they caught up with you. '' He added: ''You clearly did represent a danger to other road users on that evening.'
BBC News
20-06-2025
- BBC News
Huntingdon drink driver, 80, banned after traffic light crash
An 80-year-old drink driver has been banned after wrapping his car around a set of traffic man crashed the Honda Civic at the junction of Primrose Lane and Nursery Road in Huntingdon on 2 Police said when officers arrived at about 03:00 GMT, the man was still in the car but his speech was slurred, he was unable to stand up straight and was found to be twice the legal alcohol limit for said the man admitted drink driving at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on 16 June and was disqualified from driving for 20 months and fined £300. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
