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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. File / Global News

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

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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.

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.

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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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