Farm Tractor Impounded, Morris-Turnberry Resident Arrested: Details Released

Source: Area OPP
Date: Sat Sep 6 14:39:05 MST 2025

(MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Morris-Turnberry resident with criminal driving offences following a traffic stop in a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check in the Township of Morris-Turnberry on July 19th, 2025.

Just before 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2025, Huron County OPP officers checked a farm tractor driver that entered an OPP RIDE check on Clyde Line at Walton Road in Morris-Turnberry. Police spoke to the driver and discovered that they had consumed alcohol prior to driving.



The driver was subsequently arrested for impaired operation and transported to the Huron OPP detachment in Clinton where they provided breath samples before a qualified Intoxilyzer Breath Technician. Breath samples were provided to police which resulted in readings over the legal limit.

Chad COOK, 41 years-of-age from Morris-Turnberry has been charged with:

– Operation while Impaired – Over 80,

– Dangerous Operation.

The involved farm tractor was towed and impounded for 7 days, and the accused’s driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days.

The accused was processed and later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich.