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Man going wrong way on one-way street in Lindsay charged with impaired driving: police

A man is charged with impaired driving after police in Lindsay, Ont., stopped a vehicle going the wrong direction on a one-way street.
A man is charged with impaired driving after police in Lindsay, Ont., stopped a vehicle going the wrong direction on a one-way street. Getty Images

A Goodwood, Ont., man faces an impaired-driving charge following a traffic stop in Lindsay early Sunday.

City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service say around 1:40 a.m., an officer on patrol in the area of Kent Street West noticed a vehicle travelling the wrong direction on York Street South.

The officer stopped the vehicle and determined the driver was impaired by alcohol, police said.

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Aaron Christopher Vague, 30, of Goodwood, Ont., was arrested and charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle, and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration about 0.08.

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He will appear in court in Lindsay on Feb. 21.

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