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Impaired driver arrested Saturday after swerving through ditch on northeast Anthony Henday Drive

File photo of Anthony Henday Drive sign. Karen Bartko/Global News

The Edmonton Police Service said a 21-year-old woman was arrested following an impaired driving incident Saturday afternoon on Anthony Henday Drive.

Police said they received “several reports” around 1 p.m. that a Nissan Rogue was driving erratically in the area of Anthony Henday Drive and 66 Street NW, swerving in the lanes and shoulder median, and travelling through the ditch “several times.”

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The vehicle also struck a guard rail and a sign, police said.

The woman driving the vehicle tried to evade police, but police used a “box-in” prevention technique to arrest her on Anthony Henday Drive, between 119 Street and 111 Street, nearly a half pass of the ring road from where the incident began.

Read more: Man seriously injured in collision on Anthony Henday Drive in northeast Edmonton

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She faces charges of impaired driving, dangerous driving, and criminal flight.

No one was injured in the incident.

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