Sophia NORMAN Drunk Driving
Source: OPP
Date: Tue Nov 5 05:12:14 MST 2024
On November 2, 2024, at approximately 3:20 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Fire Services and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 144, Unincorporated Township, north of Cartier.
The highway was reduced to one lane of altering traffic for just under three hours during the investigation.
Both the driver and passenger received serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to the local hospital by EMS.
As a result of the investigation, Sophia NORMAN, 21 years-of-age, from Timmins, was arrested and charged with:
Operation while impaired alcohol
Operation while impaired blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
Dangerous operation
The accused was release and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on December 4, 2024, in Sudbury.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The OPP would like to remind the public that if you see a possible impaired driver on our roadways, waterways, or trails, please Make the Call, and dial 9-1-1 as impaired driving never ends well, please plan a way to get home safely.