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Impaired driving charges for Havelock man in Hwy. 28 crash near Apsley: Peterborough County OPP

A Havelock-area man faces impaired driving charges following a crash on Highway 28 in North Kawartha Township. File / Global News

A man from Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township faces impaired driving charges following a crash on Highway 28 north of Peterborough early Thursday.

According to Peterborough County OPP, around 2:45 a.m. officers responded to a crash on the highway north of Tuckers Road, about six kilometres north of the village of Apsley in North Kawartha Township, where a vehicle had left the roadway and struck a guardrail.

Read more: OPP locate impaired driver at Peterborough hospital following crash in Trent Lakes

Police say the uninjured driver was found to be under the influence of alcohol.

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James Wight, 36, was arrested and charged with two counts of impaired driving (alcohol and drugs; blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus).

He was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on June 3.

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