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City of Kawartha Lakes suspended driver charged with failing to remain at crash scene: OPP

City of Kawartha Lakes OPP say a man failure to remain at the scene of a crash. Don Mitchell/Global News

A City of Kawartha Lakes man faces charges following a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday.

According to City of Kawartha Lakes OPP, officers responded to a report of a vehicle that had failed to remain at the scene after crashing into a ditch and damaging property at around 3 p.m.

A short time later, police located the suspect vehicle and driver nearby. It’s alleged the driver refused to comply with an officer’s demand to provide a breath sample and also resisted arrest.

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Kirk Jones, 55, of the City of Kawartha Lakes (in the former Mariposa Township) was arrested and charged with driving while under suspension, failure to remain at the scene of a collision, failure to report an accident, failure or refusal to comply with a demand and resisting a peace officer.

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His driver’s licence was suspended for an additional 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.

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He was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Lindsay on Nov. 25.

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