Impaired driver in Grand Bank almost strikes police car

    Tuesday, 18 July 2023 16:00

    By Tonya Organ

    Back at the detachment, the woman blew two and a half times the legal limit.

    RCMP say a 49-year-old woman almost struck a police vehicle with the car she was driving on Saturday in Grand Bank. Police say she was stopped around 4 o’clock in the morning and showed signs of being impaired.  Back at the detachment, she blew two and a half times the legal limit. Her licence was suspended and the car was seized and impounded.

     

     

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