{"id":741434,"date":"2026-06-16T22:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/741434\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:33:19","slug":"transit-driver-faces-impaired-driving-charge-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/741434\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit driver faces impaired driving charge \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colleagues of a Winnipeg Transit driver called police after he drove to the depot at the end of his shift Monday and they thought he was intoxicated, police said.<\/p>\n

Patrol officers were called to the transit garage on the 400 block of Osborne Street just before 7 p.m., the Winnipeg Police Service said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The officers learned the man had just driven his bus into the garage, where other Winnipeg Transit staff, who believed he was drunk, questioned him and called authorities. <\/p>\n

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A Winnipeg Transit driver has been accused of impaired driving.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old is facing charges of driving while impaired and failing or refusing to comply with a breath demand. He was let out on an appearance notice ahead of a court date.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how long he had been driving while allegedly impaired and whether he had picked up passengers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are taking this matter very seriously and are both conducting an internal investigation and co-operating fully with the police,\u201d said City of Winnipeg spokeswoman Julie Dooley.<\/p>\n

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However, she said, officials could say little about \u201cpersonnel matters\u201d or or anything related to an active police investigation. <\/p>\n

The head of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505, which represents bus drivers, also declined to comment.<\/p>\n

President James Van Gerwen said the union is aware of the incident and that the matter is being investigated.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic safety is paramount and these allegations are extremely serious,\u201d said Van Gerwen.<\/p>\n

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