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Five in hospital after alleged impaired driver crashes into several parked vehicles and a pedestrian in Scarborough

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Video shared with CP24 shows several vehicles with front and rear damage, and its airbags deployed moments after the crash.

Five people have been taken to hospital after an alleged impaired driver crashed into several parked vehicles, some of which were occupied, and a pedestrian in north Scarborough on Sunday night.

The incident happened in the Milliken neighbourhood, near Passmore Avenue and Middlefield Road, just after 9 p.m. and damaged 10 vehicles, police said.

They say the motorist, identified by police as 36-year-old Markham, Ont., resident Kareem Mohammed, attempted to flee area and was arrested.

Paramedics told CTV News Toronto that they assessed seven people at the scene and transported five patients to a local hospital. All of the injuries are described as minor in nature.

Police said a female pedestrian was also struck by the driver of the vehicle and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Mohammed is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, operation of a motor vehicle while impaired to any degree by BAC or drug, possession of a weapon, and other charges.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.