On June 22 at 2:45 a.m., Chase RCMP responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 1 in Pritchard.
A witness stated the vehicle had been travelling at approximately 150 kilometres an hour when it passed him.
The driver of the speeding vehicle stated he had a mechanical malfunction which caused him to lose control and crash into the concrete barricade. However, he had been issued a speeding ticket in Salmon Arm about one hour before the collision.
The driver was issued another violation ticket under the Motor Vehicle Act, and his vehicle was towed. The driver had no injuries, and alcohol was not a factor in the collision.
Hit and run
On June 22 at 12:40 p.m., Chase RCMP responded to a complaint of hit-and-run in the 3800 block of Squilax-Anglemont Road in Scotch Creek.
The complainant stated that while his vehicle was parked in front of a local business, a pick-up truck backed into his car. The passenger, an older male, got out of the truck and looked at the extensive damage, then got into the truck and left the scene.
An investigation was conducted and through the use of video surveillance, it was determined the pick-up had plates from another vehicle, and the male owner was identified and located.
Thee owner admitted to misuse of the plates and to hitting the car, and was issued violation tickets for no insurance and fail to stop after collision with unattended vehicle.
Head on avoided
On June 23, Chase RCMP attended a report of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 1, east of Chase.
A witness who was driving a transport truck westbound stated the driver of the car involved in the collision tried to pass his truck at the end of the passing lane at the top of Jade Mountain.
When the lane ran out, the driver of the car was forced to move into the oncoming lane while another transport truck approached.
The oncoming truck managed to avoid a collision, and the car spun onto the eastbound shoulder to balance on the edge of the shoulder at the top of a steep embankment.
The car’s driver confirmed the witness’s recounting of the incident, and was issued a violation ticket under the Motor Vehicle Act. The car was towed from its location.
Alcohol and drugs were not factors in the collision.
CAT stolen
On June 27, Chase RCMP received a report that sometime over the weekend someone entered the secured compound of a local heavy equipment dealer in the 100 block of Shuswap Avenue and stole a CAT excavator and trailer. The lock on the fence gate had been tampered with and the investigation is continuing.
The vehicle identification number on the excavator is CAT3035ETRKY02971, and the vehicle identification number of the flat deck trailer is 5 JW1U1828D1074300.
Anyone with information regarding this theft is requested to call Chase RCMP at 250-679-3221 or Crimestoppers.
Drunk driver
On June 28 at about 1:15 pm, Chase RCMP received a complaint of an erratic driver travelling westbound on Highway 1 near Chase.
The suspicious vehicle, a white GMC pick-up truck, was stopped by police officers, and an impaired driving investigation was begun.
The driver’s breath sample showed he had sufficient alcohol in his blood to receive a 90 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition, and he was also arrested for driving while prohibited.
The pick-up truck was impounded.
Impaired
On June 28 at 7:30 p.m., Chase RCMP received a complaint of a possible impaired driver parked in the 100 block of Shuswap Avenue.
The complainant stated he could smell liquor on the breath of the man behind the wheel of the pick-up truck. Police officers stopped the pick-up truck as it pulled onto Highway 1.
An impaired driving investigation was begun, and the driver’s breath sample showed he had sufficient alcohol in his blood to receive a 90 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition.
The pick-up truck was impounded.
Collision
On July 1 at 7:15 a.m., Chase RCMP received from Emergency Health Services a report of a single-vehicle rollover collision with two injuries on Abbott Road in Seymour Arm.
BC Ambulance was called to provide helicopter transport for the 53-year-old female driver to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. The male passenger refused treatment at the scene.
Witnesses stated the driver and passenger were both intoxicated.
The investigation is continuing.