WRPS Arrest Impaired Driver Traveling Wrong Direction on Highway 7/8

Impaired Driving Arrest

Waterloo Region, Ontario – On April 15, 2023, at approximately 10:40 p.m., police responded to multiple reports of a white sedan motor vehicle travelling in the wrong direction on Highway 7/8 near Ottawa Street South in Kitchener.

Officers located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in the area of University Avenue East near Bridge Street West in Waterloo.

As a result of the investigation, the driver, a 35-year-old Waterloo male was arrested and charged with the following:

  • Dangerous Operation
  • Operation while impaired by drug

The accused is scheduled to appear in court on May 10, 2023.

Anyone with information or dash camera footage of the incident, is asked to contact police at 519-570-9777 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Occ: 23-103131 (957)

Media Inquiries:
Waterloo Regional Police Service
Public Information Unit
519-570-9777 (WRPS) ext. 8188
publicinfo@wrps.on.ca

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