Liquor licenses have been revoked for two Belleville bars

By Miller Reynolds

Two Belleville bars have lost their liquor licenses after being linked to a fatal crash on Highway 401.

The Angry Beaver and the Beaver Dam were given 15 days to appeal an interim suspension given to them by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. Co-owners David Jordan Stoll and Phillip Sztejnmiler did not appeal the suspension and their license was revoked said commmission spokesperson Lisa Murray.

The license was revoked after Angry Beaver employee Korin Howes spent approximately 16 hours at the establishment before getting in a red Hyundai and leaving the bar on Feb 6th. Howes then began to drive in the wrong direction of the eastbound lane of the 401 where her car collided with Loyalist College nursing student Shaina Harrison’s vehicle. Both women were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Interim suspensions are rare but are given when the the commission is not confident that an establishment will sell and serve responsibly, said Murray.