Drug-impaired driving charges laid after woman found asleep at wheel in Port Hope

A Warkworth woman is facing drug-impaired driving charges after police in Port Hope found her asleep in a vehicle on Monday evening.

Port Hope Police Service says around 5:30 p.m., officers were called to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit following reports of a vehicle that had been parked in a parking spot for a long period of time.

Officer say they found a woman sleeping behind the wheel while the vehicle was still running. Officers tried to wake the woman and paramedics were called to transport her to Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg.

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The investigation led to impaired driving charges for the woman.

Jocelyn Reid, 28, of Warkworth, was charged operation while impaired by alcohol or drugs and two counts of possession of a schedule I substance.

She was released and is scheduled for a court appearance in Cobourg later this month, police said.

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