A Mississauga woman faces charges after police allege a child was left on the side of the road and a motorist was later found passed out behind the wheel with another child in the vehicle.
Ontario Provincial Police say a seven-year-old boy was left standing on the side of the road in Southgate Township on Tuesday morning, and a vehicle drove away.
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Police say they located a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road with the driver passed out behind the wheel and a bottle of alcohol next to the driver — and a five-year-old girl in the vehicle.
It’s alleged the driver was more than three times over the legal blood-alcohol limit.
Thirty-seven-year-old Iryna Lazovik is due in an Owen Sound court next month to face charges of impaired driving, being over the legal blood-alcohol limit and failing to provide the necessaries of life to a child.
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