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Driver faces impaired charge after being found asleep at the wheel: OPP

The side of an OPP vehicle is seen in this file image. Ryan Rocca/Global News File

A Kingston, Ont., man is facing several charges after police found him asleep at the wheel early Thursday.

Police say they found a vehicle pulled over on Highway 401 westbound near Lansdowne with the driver unresponsive.

Police were able to wake up the driver, found he had consumed alcohol, then arrested him.

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Douglas Whaley, 47, of Kingston, is facing two impaired driving charges and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

He was released from custody and will appear in a Brockville courtroom on Nov. 18.

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