Pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with dangerous driving and assault after his All-Terrain Vehicle collided with a minivan in the Canadian countryside, police said Tuesday.The crash occurred Friday afternoon near his hometown of Stratford, Ontario where he was visiting family with his on-and-off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez.
Ontario Provincial Police Constable Kees Wijnands told AFP that �after colliding, the driver of the ATV and an occupant of the minivan engaged in a physical altercation.�
No injuries were reported.
Local media said Bieber and Gomez had been taking turns driving the ATV while the other sat on the back.
His lawyer Brian Greenspan said in a statement the couple had been on a quiet retreat in Stratford over the weekend �that was unfortunately disrupted by the unwelcome presence of paparazzi.�
�We are hopeful that this matter will be quickly resolved,� he added.
Bieber was arrested at the scene but released on a promise to appear in a Stratford court on September 29 to answer to the criminal charges.
The troubled pop star has had several run-ins with the law recently.
Last month, he pleaded guilty to careless driving and resisting arrest in an alleged drag-racing incident in Florida.
In July he was sentenced in Los Angeles to two years� probation for egg-bombing his neighbors� home.
Bieber was also ordered to perform community service, join an anger management program, and pay the owners of the vandalized home more than $80,000 in repairs.
He also has a hearing pending in Toronto into accusations he assaulted a limousine driver last year.
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