A 22-year-old Embrun, Ont. man is facing impaired driving charges after police responded to calls for an erratic driver on Highway 417 east of Ottawa.
Ontario Provincial Police say police received “numerous calls” about a driver on Highway 417 in Russell County just before 9 p.m. Saturday.
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“The complainants stated that a blue Mazda CX5, travelling westbound, was continuously flashing its high-beams and stopped in a live lane causing vehicles to use the shoulder to avoid the vehicle,” police said in a statement.
Officers located the vehicle at a McDonald’s in Embrun a short time later.
Police say when officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver fled the scene and almost struck a police vehicle head on.
Officers were able to identify the driver and when they contacted him, he agreed to turn himself …