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Semi driver to face impaired charges in Salmon Arm

A man found driving a semi-tractor trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway was so grossly intoxicated he had to be held in cells.

Salmon Arm RCMP are saying a man found driving a semi-tractor trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway was so grossly intoxicated he had to be held in cells.
A witness called the police at 1 a.m. April 13 to report the large truck was being driven erratically on the highway.
An officer stopped the vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway near 24th Street SE. The 47-year-old male truck driver from Surrey failed a roadside screening device and was taken to the local detachment, where he refused to provide samples of his breath. Due to his intoxicated condition, the man was held in custody until sober.
The man was already issued a 24-hour driving prohibition, a violation ticket for open liquor in his vehicle and an administrative driving prohibition. Police are recommending further criminal charges to Crown counsel.