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19-year-old charged with impaired driving after hitting tree in Tiny Township, Ont.

At 2:45 a.m., officers say they were dispatched for a report of a single-vehicle crash on Baseline Road, south of Concession Road 2. Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press

A 19-year-old has been charged with impaired driving after hitting a tree in Tiny Township, Ont. during the early morning hours of Friday, Southern Georgian Bay OPP say.

At 2:45 a.m., officers say they were dispatched for a report of a single-vehicle crash on Baseline Road, south of Concession Road 2.

Officers and paramedics attended to the driver, who experienced minor injuries.

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After speaking with the driver, officers say they entered into a drinking and driving investigation and arrested him, and he was sent to the police station for further investigation.

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Jacob Conner Fay, 19, from Tiny Township, was subsequently charged with two counts of operation while impaired, police say.

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The accused’s vehicle was impounded for seven days and his licence suspended for 90 days.

Fay was released from police custody on a recognizance to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Midland on Jan. 23.

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