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A motorist is facing an impaired driving charge after a passenger in their vehicle was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Oro-Medonte.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday, Ontario Provincial Police responded to reports of a collision at 15-16 Sideroad West between Line 5 and Line 6.
Upon arrival, police say the male driver, age 20 and from Orillia, was transported to a Barrie area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the male passenger, a 19-year-old Barrie man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver has been charged with the following:
- Operation causing death,
- Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus), and
- Dangerous Operation causing death.
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