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The man, in his 30s, has been "held in custody" and charged with pointing a fire- arm, possession of a weapon for a danger- ous purpose, and driving while suspended, Const. Ryan Anderson said. The incident occurred on July 11, when a man driving a beige 2007 Ford Edge stopped his vehicle and allegedly pointed a firearm at another driver, according to the police. The incident took place around 6:30 a.m. in the area of Postridge Drive and Tra- falgar Road, police say. CHARGES LAID IN 'ROAD RAGE' INCIDENT LOUIE ROSELLA lrosella@metroland.com FIREARM ALLEGEDLY POINTED AT DRIVER, SAY POLICE did not have one at the scene. Hyde was taken to the Oakville police station, where blood alcohol tests were conducted at 4:15 p.m. and 4:37 p.m. Both showed Hyde had a blood-alcohol level of zero. A drug recognition expert (DRE) test was carried out after a small bag of mari- juana was found in the trunk of Hyde's car. The officer had Hyde carry out several exercises, such as walking along a yellow line. The officer ultimately concluded Hyde was impaired by cannabis. Hyde blamed injuries he received dur- ing the crash for his poor performance. "I could barely stand any longer," he said. "I did the best I could." Hyde also noted he had lost conscious- ness on two previous occasions, both in 2013, as a result of a condition he had been diagnosed with called syncope. He testified another such episode was the cause of the accident. During cross examination, assistant Crown attorney Michael Godinho ques- tioned Hyde about steering and accelera- tion changes his Nissan's airbag control unit recorded during the time Hyde claimed to be unconscious. The data showed the steering wheel turned 12.5 degrees to the left a split second before Whiten was struck and a 52.5 degree turn to the left just before the Nissan smashed into a decorative pillar. "I'm suggesting you swerved to try and avoid Ms. Whiten," said Godinho. "Incorrect," said Hyde. When asked to explain the steering and acceleration changes, Hyde said he had no explanation. "You were awake sir," said Godinho. Hyde disagreed. Godinho also drew attention to other actions taken by Hyde following the acci- dent. An earlier witness had testified he saw Hyde open his trunk immediately follow- ing the crash. Hyde said he was upset and looking for a pack of cigarettes. Godinho, however, suggested Hyde was actually taking empty beer cans and a bag of marijuana from the vehicle's cab and placing them in the trunk where they were later found by police. Hyde denied this. Godinho also discussed Hyde's refusal to go to the hospital for medical attention both before and after he was taken to the police station. Hyde said he wanted a breathalyzer test and believed he wouldn't get one at the hos- pital. Godinho argued Hyde didn't go because he knew if he went to the hospital so soon after the accident, testing would show there had been no syncope episode. The assistant Crown also questioned if Hyde was so injured he couldn't perform the DRE test properly, why he did not go to hospital when released from the police sta- tion later that night. "I just wanted to go home," said Hyde. It was also argued nothing in Hyde's tes- timony explained why his eyes displayed rebound dilation, an indicator of cannabis use, during another portion of the DRE test. Godinho also pointed out that Hyde's doctors had told him to stop smoking be- cause smoking could bring on coughing and coughing could trigger a syncope epi- sode. He argued that even if Hyde had a syn- cope episode, he was aware he was taking a risk by continuing to smoke and drive and did it anyway. Paquette noted Hyde had not had a syn- cope episode since 2013 and that the Min- istry of Transportation had even reinstat- ed Hyde's licence after 10 months. When asked about the current status of his licence, Hyde said it had been reinstat- ed since the 2020 crash. When asked if he drives, Hyde said no. "I may never drive again," he said. Closing submissions for the trial will take place Aug. 30. CRIME Continued from page 2