An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser.  (Photo courtesy of the OPP)An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Photo courtesy of the OPP)
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Impaired, dangerous driving charges laid in high speed crash near Bayfield

Three weeks after a single-vehicle crash south of Bayfield that left a person hurt, nearly a dozen criminal charges have been laid.

Huron OPP were called to the collision on Bluewater Highway near Sugarbush Road just after 11 p.m. on June 16. Investigators were told the vehicle had been travelling at a "high rate of speed" when it veered off the road and crashed.

Officers located the heavily damaged vehicle abandoned. The suspected driver was found nearby with minor injuries.

A 38-year-old man from Goderich was arrested.

On Tuesday, police announced the man has been charged with ten offences including dangerous driving, impaired driving, operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding the legal limit of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, taking a vehicle without consent, failure to comply with probation order, two counts of driving while prohibited, and three counts of driving while under suspension.

The man appeared for a bail hearing in Goderich court where he was remanded into police custody, OPP said.

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