Three motorists were taken off the road for impaired driving on Sunday.
Just after 2 a.m., Guelph police observed a vehicle leaving a licenced establishment on Silvercreek Parkway South at a high rate of speed. Officers followed and eventually were able to conduct a traffic stop.
Officers believed the driver had alcohol in his body and requested a breath sample, which the driver refused to provide. A 37-year-old Guelph man is charged with refusing to provide a breath sample.
Later Sunday morning, approximately 10:45 a.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on Scottsdale Drive. An odour of alcoholic beverage was noted on the driver’s breath and his face was flushed. He was arrested and transported to the police station, where breath tests confirmed he had more than the legal amount of alcohol in his system.
A 59-year-old Guelph man is charged with impaired operation.
Just before 1:30 p.m., police received several reports of a vehicle being driven erratically in the area of Woolwich Street and Speedvale Avenue. Officers located the vehicle parked on an angle behind the owner’s apartment building. When they entered the building they found the owner who had fallen on the stairs and was unable to get to her feet.
Officers provided assistance and immediately noticed a strong odour of alcoholic beverage on her breath and that she was unsteady on her feet. She was arrested and taken to the police station, where tests confirmed she had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in her system.
A 70-year-old Guelph female is charged with impaired operation.
