By Staff
January 29th, 2018
BURLINGTON, ON
The Halton Regional Police Service investigated a motor vehicle collision and subsequently arrested two adult male persons for impaired driving in relation to operating the same motor vehicle.
On Sunday January 28, 2018, at 3:25 pm, a 23 year old male was operating a Honda Prelude vehicle and had his 26 year old male friend as a passenger. The vehicle was exiting a parking lot at 2084 Old Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario. The Honda Prelude vehicle failed to yield to a passing Ford Edge vehicle on the roadway and collided into it as it travelled along Old Lakeshore Road.
Traffic got a little heavy on Old Lakeshore Road Sunday evening.
Immediately after the collision the two male occupants of the Honda Prelude vehicle got out of the vehicle.
They then decided to flee the collision scene and switched drivers, now with the 26 year old male driving and the 23 year old male now as the passenger.
The Honda Prelude motor vehicle then started from a stopped position and reversed a short distance and almost collided into pedestrians standing behind the vehicle. The two male occupants of the Honda Prelude vehicle then decided to park the vehicle, exit it and walked away to avoid responsibility for the vehicle collision.
Police quickly arrested both male persons a short distance away for impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Both males were taken to hospital for minor injuries they sustained in the motor vehicle collision. A 55 year old female person who was operating the Ford Edge motor vehicle also went to hospital by ambulance for minor injuries.
Both of the adult males will appear in court in the Town of Milton for a first court appearance on February 21, 2018.
Charged:
Corey Jorden JEFFREY (23 years old) from the City of Hamilton
Charles SMALL (26 years old) from the City of Hamilton
Charges:
1. Impaired operation of a motor vehicle contrary to the Criminal Code.
2. Operation of a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 milligrams contrary to the Criminal Code.
3. Fail to remain at the scene of a motor vehicle collision contrary to the Criminal Code.
Anyone with information regarding this incident asked to contact Constable Andrew Lindsay at 905-825-4747 ext. 2305. Tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers “See something, Hear something, Say something” at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca, or by texting “Tip201” with your message to 274637 (crimes).
The Halton Regional Police Service reminds the public that even though charges have been laid in this incident, the two persons charged are presumed to be innocent of any alleged crime until a court renders a decision.
A drunk driver left my son at the road after losing control of his (stolen) vehicle. When police caught up with him, he tried to convince police that my son was the driver. There were 3 others in the car that ran as well. All knowing who they left on the road. They were my son’s employees. They were all out to celebrate my son becoming a father for the first time at 33 years old. I too wonder, how in gods name did they get out of the bar? Don’t they have a responsibility to the public? isn’t that why they are required to take the proper training? It is in the business owner’s interest in order to avoid liability, isn’t it? The driver got 2 years in prison, less time spent while awaiting trial; 6 months.
Personally, I would have called it Manslaughter, and put him away.
“How did they get out of the bar in that condition”
Perhaps because the two persons charged “are presumed to be innocent of any alleged crime until a court renders a decision.”
Were the bar staff supposed to assume that they would be going out of the bar to drive? Suppose they had ordered a taxi? Suppose they were planning to walk home or take a bus?
Suppose the bar staff did prevent them leaving and it be shown the two were going to use a more appropriate – and legal – way home?
What would be your question then?
You should have let the story run with the facts and avoided conjecture.