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Man charged with impaired driving after vehicle crashes into Gravenhurst snowbank

OPP have charged a Georgian Bay man after a vehicle crashed into a snowbank in Gravenhurst on Sunday. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

A 45-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving after OPP say a vehicle crashed into a snowbank in Gravenhurst, Ont., on Sunday evening.

At 7:40 p.m., police were called after a vehicle was reportedly observed driving erratically northbound on Highway 11.

The vehicle eventually left the road and hit a snowbank near Sedore Road, police say.

READ MORE: Gatineau, Que., man charged after acting ‘suspicious’ at area banks — Bracebridge OPP

Jason Schell, 45, from Georgian Bay, Ont., was subsequently charged with impaired operation of a vehicle by drugs, possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking, dangerous operation of a vehicle, driving while suspended and failure to remain.

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Schell will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Feb. 11.

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