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A sign hangs above a Yum Brands A&W restaurant on September 22, 2011 in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Yum Brands Inc., which owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has agreed to sell its Long John Silver’s restaurants to LJS Partners LLC and the A&W All-American Food chain to A Great American Brand LLC. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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A 39-year-old Hamilton man is facing charges after staff at an A&W in Brant County discovered him asleep at the wheel in the drive-thru.

Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to the A&W restaurant around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday for reports of an impaired driver.

Staff reportedly tried several times to wake the driver before police arrived but were not successful.

Officers transported the man to a police detachment for assessment where he was found to be impaired.

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Christopher McEwen, 39, of Hamilton is charged with operation while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration above 0.08.

The accused was released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for March in Brantford.

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