A Selwyn Township resident faces impaired driving and other charges following a collision in the village of Bridgenorth in Selwyn Township on Monday afternoon.
Peterborough County OPP around 4 p.m. responded to a reported minor collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Ward Street and Bridge Road. The complainant said the driver of the other vehicle fled the scene.
Police a short time later located the suspect vehicle in a ditch along 12th Line Smith just north of Lakefield.
The driver was not injured and investigators determined the driver was impaired by drugs.
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Gaybryelle Hood, 26, of Selwyn Township, was arrested and charged with impaired driving (alcohol and drugs), failure to stop after an accident, operating a motor vehicle on a highway without insurance, and using a licence plate not authorized for a vehicle.
The accused had their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
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Hood was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on Jan. 12, OPP said Tuesday morning.
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