A Sault Ste. Marie man has been charged after allegedly driving while impaired by drugs and ending up in a snowbank on Charlotte Drive Sunday morning.

Police say they received a call around 11:50 a.m. on Dec. 7 reporting that a vehicle had driven into a snowbank in the 0–100 block of Charlotte Drive.

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When officers arrived and spoke with the driver, identified as 50-year-old Justin Cristillo, they developed grounds to believe his ability to operate a vehicle was impaired by drugs.

Cristillo was arrested at the scene.

Police conducted a sobriety test, which they say the accused performed poorly.

He was then taken to the Police Services Building, where a drug recognition expert conducted a further evaluation and determined he was impaired by drugs.

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