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75-year-old charged with impaired driving on St. Patrick’s Day in Oak Bay

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For a second year, St. Patrick’s Day looked a lot different than it usually does for most people due to COVID-19.

Including one woman who spent a portion of the day driving erratically in the 1900 block of Bee Street.

On March 17th at 9:00 p.m., Oak Bay Police received a report of an erratic driver in a White Nissan Versa in the 1900 block of Bee Street.

When the officers responded, they found the vehicle parked a meter from the curb and the 75-year-old female driver in the vehicle.

Police conducted an impaired driving investigation, but the woman refused to provide a breath sample.

The investigation concluded that the driver was impaired and she was charged with impaired operation of a conveyance and refusing to provide a breath sample.

She was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and her vehicle was impounded.

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