Drunk driver arrested walking on Hwy 5 after ditching stolen car, police say

A 46-year-old Ottawa man is facing impaired driving, flight from police and dangerous driving charges after police allege he led them on a drunken chase in a stolen car early Monday in Hull.
The first thing that drew Gatineau police officers’ attention about an idling car stopped on Maisonneuve Boulevard early Monday morning was that the driver’s side window was open in frigid temperatures.
When they talked to the driver at about 2:30 a.m., he showed signs of being impaired by alcoho