A 62 year old man was arrested in Lourdes after driving an atv and failing a breath test.
RCMP charged six drivers with impaired operation over this past weekend weekend. On Friday around 5:30 p.m. police arrested a 35 year old man in Port Saunders who blew four times the legal limit. Then shortly after 6:30 p.m. RCMP Traffic Services West stopped a vehicle in Stephenville Crossing and arrested a 52-year-old man after he failed a roadside breath test. Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, police stopped a vehicle traveling 105 km/h in a 50 km/h zone in Piccadilly. The driver, a 47-year-old man, showed signs of alcohol impairment, failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday August 4, Port aux Basques RCMP stopped a vehicle that crossed into the oncoming lane on Grand Bay West Road. The driver, a 40-year-old man, failed a roadside breath test. That evening around 7:15 p.m. a 62 year old man was arrested in Lourdes after driving an atv and failing a breath test. Elsewhere, a 43-year-old man in Clarke’s beach provided breath samples that were two and a half times the legal limit. All drivers licenses have been suspended and vehicles have been impounded.
Both pilot and passenger uninjured after a helicopter crash on the west coast March 19th
RCMP NL respond to over 500 calls during the long Easter weekend
18 new RNC officers sworn in and some of them are headed to Corner Brook
No serious injuries for an on-duty RCMP officer involved in a crash near Stephenville Crossing on Monday
Funding approved for 7 west coast communities through Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation program
