A Nova Scotia man is facing impaired driving charges after his tractor trailer overturned on a highway median.
The crash happened at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday on Highway 104 near Alma.
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According to RCMP, police were already responding to a 911 call of a possible impaired driver involving the same tractor trailer.
The vehicle was reportedly swerving between both lanes of traffic.
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The driver, a 50-year-old man from Canso, was arrested at the scene of the crash and was taken to hospital in New Glasgow to be treated for what was believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The man faces charges of impaired driving and refusing to give a blood sample. He is scheduled to appear in Pictou Provincial Court on Feb. 28, 2018.
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