In a span of just over 15 hours, Barrie police say they rounded up four suspected impaired drivers, including an incident where a pickup truck collided head-on with a police SUV.
According to authorities, the collision happened early Thursday on Johnson Street near Alexander Avenue in the city's east end.
The pickup truck driver, a 43-year-old Barrie man, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
He has been charged with impaired and a drug-related offence, as well as possession of property obtained by crime and operating a vehicle while prohibited.
The officer was not injured.
In another case on Wednesday night, police responded to a single-vehicle collision on Crawford Street where a Porsche left the road, struck a curb, travelled onto a boulevard and slammed into an internet control box.
"The car continued across a second property where it struck a retaining wall and then continued southbound to Ardagh Road," police stated in a news release on Thursday.
A 57-year-old Barrie man was charged with several impaired driving offences, operating a vehicle without insurance and failure to report an accident.
He was released from custody and has a court date later this month.
Police also investigated a three-vehicle collision downtown at Simcoe and Mary Streets around 10 Wednesday morning.
A 22-year-old Barrie man, according to investigators, was operating an SUV that struck a stopped vehicle which was pushed forward into another stopped car.
The driver of the SUV was charged with impaired by drug and taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
He will be in court next month.
Early Thursday, a 31-year-old Georgetown man driving a pickup truck was stopped by police on Essa Road at Gowan Street where officers say the motorist showed signs of impairment.
He failed a breath test on scene and was transported to police headquarters where a breathalyzer operator confirmed the consumption of alcohol, but not enough to be criminally charged.
However, the motorist was charged with being a novice driver and having a blood-alcohol level above zero, resulting a 3-day licence suspension and the truck being impouned.
In the other three cases, the driver's had their vehicles impounded and their licences suspended for 90-days.
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