Two charged for impaired driving in Burlington crash

Two Hamilton men have been charged with impaired driving in a crash where police say the driver and passenger switched seats.

A Honda Prelude was leaving a parking lot on Old Lakeshore Rd. in Burlington when it crashed into another vehicle around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.

A 23-year-old man was driving the car with a 26-year-old man in the passenger seat.

According to police, the pair got out of the vehicle following the crash and switched seats before fleeing the scene.

The vehicle reversed a short distance and almost hit some pedestrians who were standing behind it.

The two men then parked, got out and walked away, police said.

Halton Police officers arrested the two a short time later. Both were taken to hospital for minor injuries.

Corey Jorden Jeffrey, 23, and Charles Small, 26, have been charged with impaired driving, driving with a blood-alcohol concentration of over 80 milligrams and failing to remain at the scene of a crash.

Both are scheduled to appear in a Milton court on Feb. 21.