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Drug trafficking charge laid after Highway 402 crash

A Toronto man is facing charges after a driver fled the scene of a crash on Highway 402 in London.

The Ontario Provincial Police said on Wednesday at around 9:35 p.m., two vehicles collided in the westbound lanes of the 402, a few kilometres west of the Highway 401 split.

One of the drivers fled the scene but was arrested near the White Oak Road and Dingman Drive area.  Police said a canine unit was then called in to search the area for evidence.

No one was seriously injured in the crash, police said.

As a result of an investigation, 37-year-old Daine Clarke of Toronto is now charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of a Schedule I substance (cocaine) for the purpose of trafficking and failing to stop after an accident.  He is scheduled to appear at the London Ontario Court of Justice on January 24, 2020.

Anyone with further information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the Middlesex County OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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