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Police lay impaired driving charges after vehicle strikes highway guardrail in Oro-Medonte

Police charged the 20-year-old suspect with impaired driving offences following the crash. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

A 20-year-old from Bradford West Gwillimbury has been charged with impaired driving after reportedly striking a highway guardrail several times on Friday night.

Shortly after 11 p.m., officers received multiple calls about a possible impaired driver travelling north on Highway 11 in Oro-Medonte, Ont.

Officers say they then found the vehicle on the highway and arrested Muhammed Sajid, 20.

Sajid was subsequently charged with dangerous operation and operation of a vehicle while impaired by a drug, police say.

The accused was released from police custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Orillia on Jan. 28.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Orillia OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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