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Windsor

Impaired driving charges laid in St. Paddy's crash

The Windsor Police Service has charged a person with impaired driving after a collision on Ottawa Street on St. Patrick's Day.

The collision between Benjamin Avenue and Langlois Avenue sent two people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them.

That was not the only impaired driving charge laid on St. Patrick's Day.

Police conducted R.I.D.E programs at four locations throughout the city. There were 868 vehicles checked. Police arrested one other person for impaired driving and issued two three-day licence suspensions.

The LaSalle Police Service also conducted R.I.D.E programs at three locations. Officers issued 11 roadside tests and two three-day license suspensions were handed out.

 

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