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Crash between ambulance and vehicle in Sask. results in impaired driving charge

An Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation man is charged with impaired driving after a head-on crash between a Big River EMS ambulance and a vehicle.
An Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation man is charged with impaired driving after a head-on crash between a Big River EMS ambulance and a vehicle. File / Global News

A man has been charged with impaired driving after an ambulance and a vehicle collided head-on north of Debden, Sask.

The crash happened on the afternoon of Jan. 1 on a grid road roughly six kilometres north of Highway 790 on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation.

Police said members of Big River EMS were responding to a call on the reserve when it was struck head-on by the vehicle.

Both EMS members in the ambulance were not hurt.

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The driver and passenger of the vehicle were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-serious injuries. Police said they have since been released.

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Ahtahkakoop RCMP said the driver showed signs of impairment and was taken into custody when released from hospital.

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Bradley Jamie Isbister, 23, from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation is facing impaired driving related charges.

Isbister is scheduled to appear Feb. 11 in Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation court.

Police continue to investigate.

Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation is roughly 135 kilometres north of Saskatoon.

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