OPP cruiser, August 9, 2025. Photo by Mark Brown/WindsorNewsToday.ca.An OPP cruiser. File photo by Mark Brown/Blackburn Media.
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Crash in Essex leads to impaired driving charges

A 36-year-old Essex man faces charges, including impaired driving, after a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday night.

The Ontario Provincial Police say it happened just after 8 p.m. on 9th Concession Road near Ferris Road in Essex.

When officers arrived, the driver had fled, but the OPP K9 Unit located him soon after.

The man also faces charges of failure to remain at the scene of a collision and resisting a peace officer.

Officers suspended his driver's license for 90 days and impounded his vehicle for a week.

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