{"id":87867,"date":"2026-11-04T08:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=87867"},"modified":"2026-11-10T07:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:38:27","slug":"east-algoma-opp-impaired-driver-has-crash-gets-themself-passenger-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/east-algoma-opp-impaired-driver-has-crash-gets-themself-passenger-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Impaired Driver has crash, gets themself &#038; passenger injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>One person is facing impaired driving-related charges after a single-vehicle collision that injured both occupants.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, November 8, 2026, at approximately 2:30 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple reports of an SUV that had left the roadway, entered a ditch, and struck a tree on John Street in the Town of Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers determined that the driver had left the scene. The passenger, who sustained injuries, was treated by Algoma Paramedic Services and transported to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>With assistance from the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), officers searched the area and subsequently located the driver on John Street. The driver, who also sustained injuries, was transported to hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, Stephen KOPER, 49 years-old from Serpent River, was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Operation while prohibited &#8211; two counts<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous operation<\/li>\n<li>Driving while under suspension<\/li>\n<li>Fail to remain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is schedule to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on December 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to keeping Ontario roads safe and encourages members of the public to report suspected impaired drivers or dangerous driving behaviours by calling 9-1-1 when it is safe to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person is facing impaired driving-related charges after a single-vehicle collision that injured both occupants. On Sunday, November 8, 2026, at approximately 2:30 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple reports of an SUV that had left the roadway, entered a ditch, and struck a tree &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":50863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87869,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87867\/revisions\/87869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}