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Gravenhurst driver faces impaired charges after New Year's Day crash

The accused was taken to hospital with minor injuries
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BRACEBRIDGE – Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Jan. 1, 2021 at 5 a.m. on Highway 11 North in Gravenhurst after passersby noticed the vehicle overturned in the ditch and called 9-1-1. The sole occupant was transported to local hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Officers have conducted an investigation into the crash and have charged 40 year-old Brian Viega of Gravenhurst, Ont. with: 

  • Operation while impaired CC 320.14(1)(a),
  • Refusal to provide breath sample CC 320.15(1); and
  • Failing to comply with his probation order CC 733.1(1).

He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on March 16, 2021 to answer to his charges.

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