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OPP arrest three for impaired driving on the weekend

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on the roads of Windsor-Essex once again, arresting drivers for alleged impaired operation.

Within 24 hours on the weekend, officers arrested at least three drivers.

The first was on Saturday night at around 11:30 p.m. in Leamington. OPP officers responded to a complaint about someone driving erratically.

A 46-year-old Leamington man was arrested and charged with impaired driving, driving with excessive blood alcohol, and dangerous driving.

The second was at approximately 2:45 a.m. on Sunday in Leamington. OPP officers were conducting a RIDE checkpoint on Talbot Street West when they stopped a 32-year-old Leamington man.

He was arrested and charged with driving with excessive blood alcohol.

The third took place just before 7 p.m. Sunday in Lakeshore. Officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Mariners Drive.

A 35-year-old Chatham man was charged with impaired driving and driving with excessive blood alcohol.

The OPP also responded to a single-vehicle collision in Lakeshore on Sunday afternoon, arresting a 30-year-old Windsor man.

The charges have not been proven in court.

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