Veteran Durham police officer charged with impaired driving
Posted August 10, 2018 9:57 pm.
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Durham police say a veteran officer has been charged with impaired driving after an off-duty incident.
Officers responded to a multi-vehicle collision in Whitby on Sunday night just before midnight
Police say a silver Infiniti sedan was travelling east on Taunton Road when it swerved and hit another vehicle in the next lane.
They say the sedan then hit another vehicle stopped at a red light, which caused a chain-reaction collision.
No injuries were reported.
Police say 49-year-old Bail Odei, who has been with the force since 1995, was charged with careless driving and exceeding the legal blood-alcohol limit.
They say Odei was released on a promise to appear and has been assigned to a non-frontline role.