File photo of a Woodstock police cruiser. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.)File photo of a Woodstock police cruiser. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.)
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Child inside vehicle driven by allegedly impaired man

Impaired driving charges have been laid against a Woodstock man accused of driving into a fence with a child inside the vehicle.

Woodstock police were called after a vehicle collided with a fence on Blandford Street just after 10 a.m. on Friday. Officers stopped the suspected vehicle in the area of John and Teeple streets shortly after.

A child passenger was inside the vehicle at the time.

No injuries were reported.

A 29-year-old Woodstock man is charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, operation of a vehicle while impaired by drugs, and possession of a Schedule I Substance.

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