A flag person escaped being hit when a female driver crashes her vehicle on the Bay d'Espoir Highway

    Thursday, 3 August 2023 16:00

    By Tonya Organ

    The driver provided breath samples well over double the legal limit.

    RCMP say a female driver is facing charges after she nearly struck a flag person in a construction zone and then crashed her vehicle into a ditch. Police say it happened last Thursday around 5 pm on the Bay d’Espoir Highway. The driver provided breath samples well over double the legal limit. Her vehicle was impounded and driver’s license suspended.

     

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