York Police catch driver with second-highest BAC ever spotted in the region

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Police in York Region have a citizen to thank after they say a man was caught driving with more than five times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.

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On Tuesday at 10 a.m., York Regional Police received a call from an alert citizen who reported a driver in a black Honda CRV travelling southbound on Hwy. 400 with a turn signal flashing.

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The caller also saw the vehicle sideswipe concrete barriers at the side of the road multiple times before it pulled into a service station parking lot.

A police officer arrived minutes later and found the vehicle parked in the lot with its engine running and passenger-side door open, and observed a driver and front-seat passenger apparently asleep.

The officer noticed signs of alcohol impairment while speaking with the driver.

Cops say the driver was found to have a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) more than five times the legal limit and the second-highest BAC recorded since York police began tracking these statistics.

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The driver was transported to a hospital for assessment where he was seen by a doctor and then released.

A 53-year-old man from the Town of New Tecumseth was charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and impaired operation with blood-alcohol concentration 80 plus. His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.

His name was not released.