Due to the winter conditions, the majority of police files recently have been mainly traffic- related. Since the start of the 2014 Clearwater RCMP and Central Interior Traffic Services have responded to seven motor vehicle incidents along Highway 5, approximately one or two per day since the New Year.
Here are a few of the files obtained from Clearwater RCMP and Central Interior Traffic Services.
Treacherous road conditions
A motorist driving from the Lower Mainland to Edmonton lost control of his vehicle north of Avola and slid off the northbound lane, landing in the ditch.
A second motorist hit a patch of ice and rolled his vehicle, but walked away with minor injuries.
Clearwater RCMP remind the public to be incredibly careful when traversing the snowy and icy highway during winter conditions.
Semi versus plow truck
In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, Clearwater RCMP responded to a motor vehicle incident between a tractor trailer unit and a plow truck on Highway 5.
Police arrived at the scene and were advised that a northbound transport truck had not maintained its lane and had crashed into a plow truck. The plow truck then slid into the southbound ditch.
The driver of the transport truck was the primary offender and was issued a violation ticket for the offense.
Angry with gas prices?
On Jan. 4, Clearwater RCMP were notified that a tractor trailer unit had smashed over the gas pumps of the Husky gas station in Little Fort.
The tractor then left the parking lot and was seen heading southbound toward Barriere along Highway 5.
The vehicle was not located. However, witnesses obtained the vehicle’s license plate number and provided the information to police. Police contacted the trucking company, which will be contacting the Husky gas station.
