Three vehicles sustained “extensive damage” following a Sunday evening incident involving an impaired driver with nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
At about 9:40 p.m. a vehicle collided with a vehicle parked on the street in the area of Alma Street North and Willow Road, then mounted a curb and hit a second vehicle in a private driveway, explains a Guelph police news release.
The involved driver reportedly left the scene to take his dog home but was located by police a short time later walking back toward the collision. Officers observed an odour of alcoholic beverage on his breath.
Testing at the police station determined the man had nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
A 38-year-old Guelph man is charged with impaired driving. In addition to the charge is driver’s licence was automatically suspended for 90 days and his vehicle impounded for seven days.
