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Motorcyclist charged in near crash with pedestrian

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A 27-year old man has been charged after an incident in LaSalle. 

Police received reports of a man on a blue dirt bike riding on Matchette Road around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. 

While enroute, officers received three separate 911 calls that the driver almost struck an elderly woman on a sidewalk. 

Police say the LaSalle man was arrested and charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle. 

Anyone who has video evidence of the incident on Malden Road between Sandwich Secondary School and Golfview Drive is asked to contact police.