Impaired driver charged after head-on crash on Highway 401 in Milton

An early morning head-on collision on Highway 401 in Milton has resulted in one driver facing charges.

OPP say two vehicles were involved in the collision after a suspected impaired driver hit another vehicle while driving the wrong way down the highway.

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Police say the driver of the vehicle that was hit is a man in his 30s who has been taken to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

The other driver, another man in his 30s, is in custody and faces impaired and dangerous driving charges.

The westbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed at Guelph Line, but have since reopened.

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