DRIVER CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED AFTER COLLISION
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) - The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged another driver with impaired after a collision in Bracebridge.
On December 27, 2025, at 4:45 am Bracebridge OPP officers responded to a report from a member of the public about a single vehicle collision into a guard rail on Beaumont Drive in Bracebridge, and further concerns about the condition of the driver. Officers located the vehicle and subsequently arrested and charged 22-year-old Nicholas RUTTAN of Gravenhurst, ON with Impaired Operation, Over 80 and Operating a motor vehicle with liquor readily available.
He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on January 27, 2026 to answer to his charges.