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Ditched vehicle in Essa leads to impaired charges

Nottawasaga OPP says woman also charged with resisting an officer following crash Tuesday evening on County Road 56
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ESSA TWP. — A driver is facing impaired charges following a single-vehicle crash southwest of Barrie on Tuesday.

At about 5 p.m., Nottawasaga OPP says officers were called to County Road 56, just north of 20th Sideroad, where a white four-door passenger vehicle was found in a ditch.

Elaina Martyn, 29, of Essa Township, has been charged with operation while impaired (alcohol and drugs), operation while impaired (blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus) and resisting a peace officer.

None of the allegations have been tested in court. 

The accused has a Feb. 6 court date in Bradford.