Fearing for their safety on Hamilton highway, 10 limo passengers forced impaired driver to pull over: police
Passengers took driver's keys away before police arrived and he was charged
A limousine driver faces criminal charges after 10 passengers, fearing for their safety, forced him to pull over on a highway in Hamilton, say police.
The Burlington detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said that just before 11 p.m. on July 11, officers arrived to where the limo was parked on the side of the Queen Elizabeth Way, Toronto bound, near Fifty Road.
According to one of the passengers, those in the limo had forced the driver to pull over and took away the keys "as they believed that the driver was impaired," said the OPP in a news release Tuesday.
"The driver of a separate vehicle had also called in to report the erratic driving of the limousine."
Police arrested the driver, a 64-year-old Toronto man, and took him to the Niagara OPP detachment for breath tests.
He was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol and drugs, operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration over the legal limit and dangerous driving.
Police did not say if the driver was working for a specific company or limousine service.
The OPP encourages the public to report anyone they suspect of driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs by calling 911.
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