Chatham-Kent police cruiser (Photo courtesy of Chatham-Kent Police Service.)Chatham-Kent police cruiser (Photo courtesy of Chatham-Kent Police Service.)
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Charges Laid After Serious Crash

A 48-year-old Chatham woman is charged with stunt driving and careless driving in connection with a crash that sent her to a London hospital with life threatening injuries.

Police say the woman has since been transferred back to Chatham where she's still receiving medical care.

Officers say the woman was driving at a high rate of speed on Pinehurst Line shortly after midnight on September 28 when she lost control of the vehicle and drove it off the road into a hydro pole.

A 38-year-old man from Richmond Hill was also in the vehicle at the time of the crash, but he was treated at the hospital in Chatham hospital and later released.

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