Trucker charged with impaired driving after vodka bottle found in cab

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A 54-year-old Scarborough trucker faces impaired driving and other charges after police investigated a broken-down tractor-trailer on Boundary Road near Highway 401 in South Glengarry on Friday afternoon.

Ontario Provincial Police and provincial transport officers investigated the vehicle shortly after 3 p.m.

Officers found a large open bottle of vodka on the truck’s centre console.

The driver was tested on a roadside device before being transported to the detachment for further tests.

He was charged and released with a court appearance scheduled for March 25 in Cornwall.

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