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Sarnia

Impaired Driver Blows Four Times Over

A woman, alleged to have been driving drunk, was taken to hospital to make sure she didn't have alcohol poisoning.

Sarnia police were called to a two-vehicle crash around 8:30pm Wednesday in the area of Mike Weir Dr. and Lakeshore Rd. in Bright's Grove.

Police say one of the drivers, a 34-year-old woman, was arrested for impaired driving and breath samples indicated she was four times the legal limit.

She's charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle, over 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood and failing to share the roadway under the Highway Traffic Act.

No other injuries were reported in the collision.

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