A Muskoka driver with a dangerous cocktail of drugs and alcohol in his system sustained serious injuries after crashing into a rock cut.
Appearing in Bracebridge court on May 24, Joseph Thompson, 35, pled guilty to impaired driving.
Court heard that on Aug. 7, 2022, at 6:56 pm police were called after a vehicle struck a rock cut on Muskoka Road 38.
Several witnesses reported they had seen a pickup truck travelling at a high rate of speed before swerving into the rock cut. Court heard that during the crash, the driver, later identified as Thompson, struck his head on the windshield, suffering a “severe laceration and was bleeding profusely in the middle of the roadway,” when paramedics arrived. Court heard that Thompson was acting so aggressively towards the paramedics that a police escort was required to the hospital.
The truck was left “demolished” and the speedometer was locked at 104 km/hr.
Further investigation revealed that Thompson had just left a local brewery and they found cocaine, cannabis and other drugs in his system, along with open liquor in the vehicle.
He was given a $2000 fine, a two-year driving ban and two years probation.
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