Area RIDE programs nail three drivers who took unintended off-road trips overnight

Published Dec 09, 2023 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 1 minute read

Impaired driver goes off-road Friday on the Queensway near Pinecrest Photo by OPP supplied

The festive season is just getting started and police forces in the area are already reeling in offenders in RIDE programs.

Slippery roads add to the dangerous conditions, such as the car that slid off the eastbound Queensway near Pinecrest Road Friday night.

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There were no injuries but the 32-year-old male driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving, which brings an automatic 90-day driving suspension.

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His vehicle was impounded for seven days.

Meanwhile, police in the MRC des Collines had to deal with two off-road incidents late Friday and early Saturday.

The first was in the Val-des-Monts sector at about 8 p.m., where a 42-year-old man was taken into custody after the car he was driving left the road on Route du Carrefour.

Two hours later, a 19-year-old Gatineau man was stopped at a joint roadblock with Gatineau police. The man registered well above the legal alcohol limit.

Finally, at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, first responders were called to River Road in Ange-Gardien, where a vehicle had flipped into the bush.

When tested, the driver, a 23-year-old man from Gatineau, registered well above the legal limit.

All three of the drivers in the Des Collines had their licenses suspended for 90 days, and their vehicles were impounded for seven days.

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