An Impaired Ontario Driver Hit A Car & Then Stopped To Eat Chicken In An Intersection

It's pretty normal to end a rowdy night out with a greasy pub snack, but not from behind the wheel in the middle of an intersection.

A 67-year-old man from Muskoka Lakes has been arrested and charged with "impaired operation and fail to report accident" after a wild night of chicken wings and a collision, according to Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police.

According to a press release, the driver collided with another vehicle on December 7, and then left the scene, only to be discovered by police shortly after eating chicken wings while stopped in an intersection.

Police were called to the scene at 9:10 p.m., about a vehicle on Muskoka Road 169 in Gravenhurst that "failed to remain after colliding with a vehicle."

About 30 minutes later, police received another call that a car was stopped in an intersection on Muskoka Road 169.

When officers arrived, they found the driver of the car polishing off some chicken wings and say he was "unaware" of any collision.

The man is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Jan. 4, 2022, to answer these charges.

Impaired driving on the rise

Last weekend, Detective Constable Scott Mathews with Toronto Police Traffic Services reported an increase in impaired driving arrests as the annual holiday RIDE program kicked off.

"This is the highest number of weekend arrests since I started posting since 2018. Though I am happy these people were taken off the road, I'm very disappointed that people aren't getting it. Please find a sober ride if you've been drinking this holiday season," he wrote.

Mathews reported in a tweet that during the past weekend, 34 arrests were made for impaired driving and that eight of the 34 people who were arrested eight had consumed "at least twice the legal limit."

One driver even had "their shoes on the wrong feet," according to the tweet.