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Impaired driver arrested after vehicle flips on playfield

Thunder Bay police took an 18-year-old into custody at the Current River Community Centre.
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THUNDER BAY — A teenager faces charges after an incident Monday night that left a vehicle flipped onto its side on a field at the Current River Community Centre.

Police said they responded shortly after 10 p.m. to a complaint about a pickup truck being operated in a dangerous manner on Lyon Boulevard East.

It was driven onto a walking path, then onto a field, where officers found it overturned.

After speaking with the driver and allegedly observing multiple signs of impairment, officers took him into custody.

An 18-year-old is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, impaired driving and mischief under $5,000.

He was released on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date.

The Thunder Bay Police Service did not release the accused's name.

 

 




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