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A 29-year-old Aurora man is facing a slew of charges including impaired driving after a vehicle plunged into a construction hole on Duckworth Street near Howard Crescent in Barrie.
"On Monday, July 24, 2023, at 9:47 p.m., the Barrie Police Service received information about a motor vehicle that had been travelling northbound on Duckworth Street at a high rate, entered into a well-marked construction zone, struck a mound of dirt, became airborne and crashed into an excavation hole coming to rest upside down," police said in a news release on Tuesday.
The driver was able to crawl out of the hatchback and was taken to hospital by paramedics for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
He has been charged with the following:
- Operation while Impaired
- Operation While Impaired over .80mgs
- Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle
- Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon.
Police allegedly seized a knife and brass knuckles.
The motorist was later released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice located in Barrie on August 30, 2023.
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Six young people were killed last August when the vehicle they were in wound up in a construction pit on McKay Road and caught fire.
A contractor has been charged with six counts of criminal negligence causing death, police alleging the company failed to properly sign and barricade that site.
images: Michael Chorney, At The Scene Photography