Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a Vermont man charged with impaired driving in Cobden, Ont., last week was not aware he was in Canada.
In a news release Monday, Renfrew OPP say they received reports of a truck with flat tires and Vermont licence plates stuck in a drive-thru in Cobden around 5 a.m. Thursday.
“The driver didn’t know where they were, and still believed they were in the United States,” OPP said.
“Police learned that the driver had failed to stop at the border and there were grounds for his arrest.”
The 52-year-old from Milton, Vt., was charged with driving while impaired and driving with a blood-alcohol level beyond the legal limit. He was held for a bail hearing.
OPP said the Canada Border Services Agency is also investigating. They did not say where or how the man is believed to have crossed the Canada-U.S. border without being stopped.
Milton is about 45 kilometres from the nearest Canada-U.S. border crossing, and about 440 kilometres by road from Cobden.