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Impaired driver found asleep in live lane of traffic near Toronto highway

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Ontario Provincial Police release a photograph of a vehicle after a driver was found asleep at the wheel. (OPP/Twitter)

A driver has been charged with impaired driving after being found asleep in a live lane of traffic near a major Toronto highway.

According to Ontario Provincial Police, the vehicle was spotted near Highway 401 and Leslie Street.

Police allege the driver was asleep behind the wheel.

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They were taken into custody and charged with impaired operation of a vehicle and driving with a blood-alcohol level over 80 milligrams.

According to officials, the driver’s blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit.