Impaired driver caused havoc on residential street
2021-12-01 - File #2021-22045
West Shore RCMP arrested a woman after receiving several reports that a vehicle had crashed into multiple parked cars on a residential street in Colwood.
On November 30, just after 3:15 a.m., West Shore RCMP Frontline officers were called to the 400 block of Dressler Rd in Colwood after some residents were awoken to a loud crash. When those residents got outside to investigate, there was nobody around. Upon reviewing their home video surveillance, they were stunned to observe a small Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) turning onto Dressler Rd and striking one of the vehicle, bouncing off it, and striking another vehicle on its side, causing it to move horizontally before leaving the scene.
Approximately 15 minutes later, police received another call, this time from a residence on Stornoway Dr, in Colwood, where police received another report that a small SUV had crashed into a fence before taking off again.
During the course of the investigation, police were able to determine that the same vehicle was responsible for crashing at both locations and were able to trace down the vehicle due to the vehicle identification number (VIN) collected from a piece of its bumper – which was left at the first collision scene.
Police subsequently attended a residence in Metchosin where they found the SUV and arrested the driver, a 42 year-old woman of Metchosin, who was allegedly impaired by alcohol.
The actions of the driver were simply terrifying, states Cst. Alex Bérubé, spokesperson for the West Shore RCMP. The rippling effects of impaired driving are devastating and luckily nobody was in the destructive path of the driver.
The investigation is ongoing. If you have information about this incident, please contact the West Shore RCMP at 250-474-2264.
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Released by
Cst. Alex Bérubé
Media Relations Officer
West Shore RCMP