Joseph CASTONGUAY Arrested Following Collision
Source: OPP
Date: Fri Jan 3 09:04:58 MST 2025
On December 30, 2024, at approximately 11:40 a.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Emergency Medical services (EMS) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 64, West Nipissing.
EMS transported the driver to the local hospital, with non-life threating injuries. The driver was arrested for impaired driving and was also found to be a suspended driver.
As a result of the investigation, Joseph CASTONGUAY, 63 years-of-age, from Cache Bay, was charged with:
Operation while impaired alcohol
Operation while impaired blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
Driving while under suspension
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on February 6, 2025, in North Bay.
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.