{"id":554321,"date":"2026-03-23T01:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T01:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T01:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T01:19:17","slug":"toronto-driver-charged-after-driving-in-opposite-direction-on-highway-11-in-muskoka-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554321\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto driver charged after driving in opposite direction on Highway 11 in Muskoka: OPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Toronto driver is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving in the opposite lanes on Highway 11 in Muskoka early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Bracebridge OPP, officers responded to multiple calls at around 2:30 a.m. for a pickup truck that was travelling north in the southbound lanes of the highway in Bracebridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say the vehicle travelled \u2018some\u2019 distance before turning around and travelling south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers eventually pulled the vehicle over and arrested the 47-year-old Etobicoke driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was charged with the following five counts:<\/p>\n<p>Impaired drivingDriving with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 millilitresDangerous operationDriving with cannabis readily availableDriving in contravention of conditions<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The accused is scheduled for a May court date in Bracebridge to answer to the charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIf you suspect someone is driving a vehicle of any kind while impaired, please call 9-1-1,\u201d said Const. Samantha Bigley from Bracebridge OPP in a news release. \u201cPolice will make every effort to locate the involved vehicle and conduct an investigation, many times, these investigations result in charges and removing impaired drivers from Muskoka roads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Toronto driver is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving in the opposite lanes on Highway 11 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-554321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}