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OPP nab five impaired drivers within 24-hours

The Ontario Provincial Police, again, remind drivers there are consequences for deciding to get behind the wheel after a few drinks.

Five drivers found out the hard way within 24 hours this weekend.

Three of the incidents involved collisions, and in one, officers clocked a vehicle going 135km/h in a 50 km/h zone.

The rush for OPP officers started just after 4:30 a.m. on Saturday when police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Foundry Street in Leamington. The investigating officer charged a 27-year-old Lakeshore man with two impaired driving charges.

In Essex around 11:30 a.m., an officer pulled over a vehicle for speeding, spoke with the driver, and suspected they had been drinking.

The officer arrested the woman after she refused to provide a breath sample, and he found an open bottle of liquor in the vehicle.

A 44-year-old Leamington woman will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Windsor next month.

Back in Leamington, around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, an OPP officer spotted a vehicle travelling at more than 2 1/2 times the speed limit.

The OPP say the suspect appeared drunk and charged a 48-year-old Lakeshore man.

Half an hour later, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 3 at Marsh Road in Kingsville. A 27-year-old Windsor man faces impaired driving charges in that incident.

The final incident involved a second single-vehicle crash on Fox Street in Leamington. Police charged a 32-year-old Leamington man around 4 a.m. on Sunday after the officer observed signs of alcohol impairment.

In each case, police suspended the driver's license for 90 days and impounded the vehicle for a week.

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