Unlicensed 84-year-old driver charged after bad crash

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GOULAIS RIVER, ON - (June 25) - A crash on Goulais Mission Road in Goulais River over the weekend sent two people to hospital with serious injuries.

On Sunday morning at about 11:45 a.m. a minivan was traveling west on Goulais Mission Road.

The 84-year-old driver went off the roadway and into a ditch.

The minivan then hit a driveway culvert and rolled over end to end.

All four occupants of the minivan were taken to Sault Area hospital by ambulance.

Two of the occupants have been admitted to the hospital with what police believe are serious back injures.

Police believe that if all four had not been wearing their seatbelts that some of the occupants would have been killed by the impact.

The ages of the injured parties range from 63 to 84 years old

Eighty-four-year-old Matthew Robinson of Goulais River has been charged with driving with no licence and fail to drive in marked lane contrary to the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

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