US EditionLimo Driver Charged with Impaired and Dangerous Driving After Being Forced by Passenger to Pull over on QEW
ONTARIO, CANADA, JUL 29 – Passengers forced a Toronto limousine driver to stop on the QEW due to impaired driving, leading to charges including exceeding the legal blood-alcohol limit, police said.
- On July 11, 2025, a 64-year-old Toronto man, Mathew Owusu-Afriyie, was arrested on the QEW near Fifty Road in Hamilton while driving a limousine carrying 10 passengers.
- Passengers, suspecting Owusu-Afriyie was impaired, compelled him to stop on the side of the highway and secured the vehicle keys from him.
- Police responded shortly after a separate driver reported erratic driving by the limousine and arrested Owusu-Afriyie at the scene without incident.
- Mathew Owusu-Afriyie has been charged with impaired driving involving both alcohol and drugs, operating with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit, and dangerous driving. The OPP emphasized their ongoing dedication to removing impaired drivers from the roads through enforcement and education efforts.
- Owusu-Afriyie has been freed following his arrest and is expected to attend a court hearing on August 22, 2025; the incident did not involve any collisions or injuries.
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