A high ranking South Asian cop with Toronto police in charge of the disciplinary hearings office has been charged with drunk driving after a crash in Pickering, Ont.  Supt. Riyaz Hussein, who leads the force's disciplinary hearings office, is now facing charges of impaired driving, careless driving and having open liquor in a vehicle, Toronto police confirmed in a news release.

TORONTO – A high ranking South Asian cop with Toronto police in charge of the disciplinary hearings office has been charged with drunk driving after a crash in Pickering, Ont. 

Supt. Riyaz Hussein is now facing charges of impaired driving, careless driving and having open liquor in a vehicle, Toronto police confirmed in a news release.

In a video posted on Twitter Friday, Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said there was a crash Thursday on Highway 401 eastbound, near Brock Road, when a car drove into the back of a delivery truck, reported CBC News..

The car's driver, a 54-year-old Pickering man, failed a roadside alcohol test, Schmidt said. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries and "after being medically cleared," provided a breath sample, which led to the charges.

Sources have told CBC News that Hussein was driving an unmarked police vehicle, which had been assigned to him.

Toronto police said in the news release that Hussein has been with the force for 33 years and that he has been suspended with pay.

He is scheduled to appear in court in Oshawa, Ont., on Feb. 10.