Man found sleeping behind wheel on Toronto road arrested for impaired driving

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a man who was found sleeping behind the wheel on Keele Street on Dec. 22, 2023. Photo/OPP handout

By Michael Ranger

Posted December 22, 2023 9:16 am.

Provincial police are reminding people not to drink and drive over the holiday season after a driver was found sleeping behind the wheel in the middle of a Toronto road.

In a post on X, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say officers found a man sleeping in an SUV on Keele Street near Highway 401.

A photo from OPP shows two police vehicles boxing in the SUV in a live lane of the roadway.

Police say the driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving after he was found to have double the legal limit of alcohol.

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