On Jan. 11 at 8 a.m., Chase RCMP attended a non-fatal single-vehicle collision on Holding Road, near Lee Creek.
The driver, a 61-year-old man, was not at the vehicle, but called police later to explain he had hit a patch of ice the previous night and went into the ditch.
No charges were laid, and alcohol was not a factor in the collision.
Truck taken
On Jan. 11, Chase RCMP received a complaint of a stolen vehicle. Sometime overnight, a 1999 tan coloured Dodge pick-up truck, B.C. licence plate JJ1003, was taken from a carport in the 300 block of Willow Street. No witnesses or suspects have been identified at this time, and police are asking anyone with information about this theft to call the Chase detachment at 250-679-3221 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Plates pilfered
On Jan. 12, Chase RCMP received a complaint from Neskonlith Indian Band that sometime overnight, both licence plates (B.C. JM1177) were stolen from a 2015 Dodge pickup truck belonging to the band administration. There were no witnesses and no suspects have been identified at this time.
Jackknife
On Jan. 13 at about 3 a.m., police responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 1 west of Waverly Park Frontage Road in Sorrento. A tractor-trailer rig was westbound when the driver hit a patch of heavy slush and began to skid, causing the rig to jackknife and strike a rock face in the eastbound lane. BC Ambulance paramedics were on scene, and confirmed the two occupants of the vehicle were not injured.
Ditched
On Jan. 14, at 2 p.m., Chase RCMP responded to a single-vehicle collision in the 1400 block of Chase-Falkland Road. Upon arrival at the scene, the officer did not find the driver or occupants. Further investigation revealed that on Jan. 12, the 53-year-old female driver lost control after a tire blew out. The vehicle then swerved into the ditch. The driver and one passenger were not injured, and the vehicle was towed.
Stolen van
On Jan. 15, police responded to a report of a vehicle theft from a driveway in the 300 block of Arbutus Street in the Village of Chase. The 2001 Dodge work van was stolen sometime overnight, and was later recovered at Neskonlith Lake. The ignition had been damaged and tools were taken.
Collision
On Jan. 20 at 8:30 a.m., Chase RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 near Stoney Flats Road. Two vehicles were westbound just past the construction zone at Hoffman’s Bluff when one vehicle began to pass the other, spun out on black ice and hit the slower vehicle, forcing the slower vehicle into the concrete barrier.
The passing vehicle also hit the concrete and came to a stop facing eastbound in the westbound lanes. The drivers, one a 50-year-old male and the other a 55-year-old female, were the sole occupants of the vehicles and neither was injured.
Break and enter
On Jan. 23, police responded to a report of a break-and-enter in the 6000 block of Squilax-Anglemont Road in Magna Bay.
The complainant stated their cottage had been broken into sometime in the last two months and small hand tools had been stolen. The point of entry was a bedroom window that had been forced open.
A check of the neighbourhood revealed that a second cottage had been targeted, but entry was not successful. The investigation is continuing and Chase RCMP ask anyone with knowledge of this crime to call the detachment or Crime Stoppers.
