琉璃神社 RCMP say an impaired driver is lucky to have escaped serious injury after the vehicle he was driving hit a tree on Pandosy Street, early Sunday morning.
According to police, on Sunday, at 6:14 a.m. they responded to听a report听of a vehicle that听had collided with a tree听in the 1900-block of Pandosy Street. Emergency crews arrived to find a badly damaged grey听Honda CR-V and the听 male driver out of the vehicle. He was alone.
Police say their preliminary findings听suggest the Honda was travelling north on Pandosy when the driver failed to negotiate a right听curve.
As a result, it is believed that the vehicle听struck the curb, slid backwards across the roadway, went over听the sidewalk and smashed into a tree on the vehicles听rear passenger side.
Investigators say alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor following their interview of the driver at the scene.
He was subsequently given a breath test to indicate a level of intoxication and it registered higher then the legal limit.
The driver was taken to hospital for an assessment and later听taken to the 琉璃神社 RCMP detachment, where he provided听another breath sample which also read over the legal limit.
The driver was released from custody, issued听driving prohibitions and faces potential impaired driving charges.
Witnesses to the crash, who have not yet spoken to police, are asked to call the 琉璃神社 RCMP at 250-762-3300.
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