Vehicle Collision Results in Charges

Ontario Provincial Police | Jul 07, 2021

On June 29, 2021 just prior to 9:00 p.m., officers of the Sharbot Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Westport Road in South Frontenac Township, Ontario.

Police located the driver with the vehicle on Westport Road. The investigation of the crash scene indicated that the driver of the eastbound motor vehicle left the road, struck a rock cut and came to rest in the eastbound lane.  The driver was taken into custody and transported to the South Frontenac Detachment.  Jeffrey STAFFORD, age 46 of South Frontenac has been charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) offences:

• Sec. 320.14(1)(a) Operation while impaired - alcohol and drugs
• Sec. 320.14(1)(b) Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)

The accused had their driver's licence suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days. The accused was released on an Undertaking and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Sharbot Lake August 24, 2021.