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Driver charged with impaired after fiery crash in Tiny Township

All five young people in vehicle received minor injuries
2022-09-02-TinyTwpCrash
The driver of this pickup truck that crashed Friday morning in Tiny Township has been charged with impaired driving.

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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A 911 call to the OPP Communication Centre at approximately 3 a.m. Sept. 2 resulted in emergency services being dispatched to a report that a single vehicle had crashed into a utility pole and caught fire on Tiny Beaches Road South at Algonquin Boulevard, Tiny Township.

Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment, Tiny Township Fire and Emergency Services and County of Simcoe Paramedic Services attended to find a Dodge pickup truck that had been northbound on Tiny Beaches Road South and left the roadway flipped and struck a utility pole and caught fire. All five occupants aged 15 to 19 years, all of the Greater Toronto Area, were able to get out of the vehicle suffering only minor injuries.

Through investigation officers arrested and have criminally charged the driver, Michael Leszczynski, 18, of Caledon Village, with operation while impaired (alcohol and drugs). The accused was released on a recognizance to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Oct. 20 and is also subject to a 90-day licence suspension and vehicle impoundment through the conditions set by the Ministry of Transportation.

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