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Saskatoon crash leads to charges for impaired driving, assaulting police

Saskatoon police responded to Airport Drive around 9:40 a.m. CT on Thursday after an SUV struck a power pole. Julien Fournier / Global News

Saskatoon police charged a 29-year-old man with impaired driving and assaulting a police officer after a collision on Airport Drive on Thursday morning.

Officers were called to the 2000-block of Airport Drive around 9:40 a.m. CT on Thursday, where an SUV struck a power pole.

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Police said the man was also determined to have been involved in a hit-and-run incident prior to the Airport Drive crash.

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He’s been charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle, exceeding 0.08 and assaulting a police officer.

The extent of the man’s injuries isn’t known.

Traffic restrictions were in place on Thursday as crews worked to clean up the scene.

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