A 23-year-old Orillia, Ont., man has been charged with impaired driving after a car crashed into a ditch in Severn, Ont., on Monday.
According to police, just before 3 a.m., a vehicle slid into a ditch on Highway 12 near Lower Big Chute Road.
When officers arrived, they saw the vehicle near the road and approached to find a man still behind the wheel.
Police then began an impaired driving investigation and arrested the driver.
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Christian Lehtonen, from Orillia, was subsequently charged with impaired driving, assault with intent to resist arrest and obstructing a peace officer.
The accused was released and will appear in court in March.