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Driver faces impaired charge after crashing through guardrail on Highway 400: police

Ontario Provincial Police say on Saturday at 5 a.m., they responded to a single-vehicle collision at Highway 400 and Highway 89. Via X OPP_HSD

A weekend crash on Highway 400 in Cookstown, Ont., destroyed a car after it crashed into the guardrail.

Ontario Provincial Police say the single-vehicle collision at Highway 400 and Highway 89 was reported on Saturday at 5 a.m.

Images posted online by police show the front of the vehicle destroyed after it crashed through the guardrail along the highway.

Police say the driver and lone occupant was a 36-year-old man from Barrie.

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Officers charged the man with impaired driving, obstructing a peace officer, and driving without insurance, amongst other offences.

The vehicle was impounded for seven days, and the man’s licence was suspended for 90 days.

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