Burnaby Mounties caught identical twins driving impaired in the span of an hour Saturday – one sister was coming to pick up the other and drive her home.
RCMP pulled over a 28-year-old motorist at a drinking and driving roadblock near 10th Avenue and McBride Boulevard on May 29, said Cpl. Mike Kalanj.
A roadside screening device detected the driver had a blood-alcohol level higher than the legal limit and she was issued a 24-hour driving suspension.
“She was told to call someone that hadn’t been drinking to come and pick her up,” said Kalanj.
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The suspect called her twin, who rolled up to the roadblock at 5:32 a.m. even drunker.
Results from a screening device put her blood alcohol concentration higher than that of her sister’s. She was issued a three-day driving ban.
It was a case of the identically impaired, Kalanj said.
“Two drivers on the road who shouldn’t be.”
"Identically Impaired"
Saturday
4:56 am:
Driver found impaired. 24 hour prohibition issued. She called someone to pick her up.
5:32 am:
Twin sister drives to scene. She is also found to be impaired. 3 day prohibition issued.
DON'T DRINK & DRIVE#BurnabyFrontline pic.twitter.com/o68rOT0Oto
— Burnaby RCMP (@BurnabyRCMP) June 1, 2021
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