KAWARTHA LAKES-Kawartha Lakes Police charged two people with impaired driving over the weekend including a woman who was allegedly found slumped over behind the wheel of her car.
Police say they found a woman on May 1 at 3:19PM slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked on Caroline Street in Lindsay. 40-year-old Sarah Melissa Duarte of Woodville has been charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired – alcohol and drugs.
On May 3 at 7:40PM a Kawartha Lakes Police Service constable allegedly observed a man driving a dirt bike on the paved walking path that runs along the Scugog River in Lindsay.
The officer found the dirt bike a short time later on Lindsay Street North and attempted to stop the vehicle. Police say the driver refused to stop for the officer, and fled at a high rate of speed. Officers searched the area for the dirt bike, and located it travelling on the Scugog River bike path again. The driver of the bike lost control and struck a wooden beam along the trail according to police.
The rider was arrested by officers and found to be impaired by alcohol. 23-year-old Tyler Michael Trumble of Lindsay has been charged with flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs and operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration over 80.
