A 16-year-old from London, Ont. faces multiple charges of driving with a disability after a car crash in the southern part of the city early Saturday morning, police said.
The London Police Service (LPS) said that on May 28 at around 2:30 am officers responded to the intersection of Commissioner Road West and Wonderland Road South after a citizen reported a single collision of a vehicle.
Witnesses saw the driver of the car flee the scene on foot before police arrived.
A description of the driver was provided, and with the assistance of the cynological department of the PPE, the police searched the area. A young man allegedly involved in the crash has been found and arrested in the area of Westmorland Road and Eaton Park Drive, police said.
No casualties were reported.
As a result of the investigation, a 16-year-old man, whose name could not be named under the Juvenile Criminal Justice Act, was charged with the following crimes:
- Vehicle malfunction
- The injured exceed the concentration of alcohol in the blood
- Failed to report an accident
- Concentration of alcohol in the blood of a novice driver above zero
The accused is due to appear in court in London on July 4 in connection with the charges.
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