ATV Driver Charged With Impaired Driving Charge

Ontario Provincial Police | Mar 16, 2022

On March 10, 2022, at approximately 6:10 p.m., police from the Sharbot Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision on Mosque Lake Road, North Frontenac Township.

The investigation indicated that the driver had driven off a snowbank. The driver was taken by the Frontenac paramedics to the hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. Further Investigation revealed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol.  The driver was subsequently arrested and taken to Lanark Detachment.  

As a result of the investigation Wayne BARR, age 62, of Stittsville, Ontario has been charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) offences:

Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs CC 320.14(1)(a)

Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus) CC 320.14(1)(b)

The accused had their driver's licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle impounded for seven days. The accused was released to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Sharbot Lake on April 19, 2022.