An Ajax, Ont., man faces impaired driving charges following a crash on Hwy. 401 east of Cobourg on Thursday night.
Northumberland OPP say around 7:15 p.m., an officer travelling westbound on the highway between Brighton and Colborne located a vehicle on its roof in the eastbound lanes just west of County Road 30.
OPP say the eastbound van struck a guardrail on the southside of the highway and then rolled, scattering debris across both eastbound lanes before landing on its roof near a concrete median.
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Police determined the driver was impaired.
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Raymond Neville, 39, of Ajax, was charged with two counts of impaired driving (alcohol and blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus).
He was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Cobourg in March.
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