Man arrested after driving on sidewalk near trick-or-treating children
Posted Nov 3, 2025 12:58:02 PM.
Last Updated Nov 4, 2025 11:40:39 AM.
A common reminder for trick-or-treaters is to remain on the sidewalk to avoid vehicles, but they don’t say what to do if a vehicle comes on the sidewalk.
That’s what happened on Friday.
Guelph police received a report of a hit-and-run collision near London Road and Woolwich Street shortly after 7:30 p.m. A witness said both involved vehicles drove north on Woolwich Street when one vehicle swerved onto the sidewalk and into oncoming traffic.
Police say a number of children were in the area for Halloween.
Both vehicles were located further north. Police requested one of the drivers provide a breath sample. The driver refused several times.
A 27-year-old Guelph man was arrested for failing to provide a breath sample. He also faces charges of dangerous driving, failing to stop at a collision, driving without insurance, driving with open alcohol and having alcohol in his system as a novice driver.
The driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and his vehicle was impounded for seven days.
