100 Mile House RCMP responded to 97 complaints and calls for service during the past week.
Speedster caught
100 Mile RCMP and 100 Mile Traffic Services members charged seven drivers and impounded seven vehicles for excessive speed during the past week.
The speeds ranged from 45 to 56 km/h over the posted speed limit.
Driver fortunate
On July 5, 100 Mile RCMP responded to a single-vehicle incident on Horse Lake Road near Foothills Road.
The driver of a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am had lost control after suffering a medical incident. The vehicle had left the roadway and gone over a 30-foot embankment while rolling twice.
A witness to the incident pulled the driver from the vehicle. The driver, suffering from non-life threatening injuries, was transported to 100 Mile District General Hospital by ambulance.
The vehicle was towed as it sustained severe damage. No charges are being sought in this instance.
Officer assaulted
On July 3 at 9 p.m., 100 Mile RCMP responded to a complaint from a Greyhound Bus driver that there was a male on the bus in 100 Mile House who was intoxicated and the driver wanted him removed.
The man was located on the bus in an advanced state of inebriation. He was requested to get off the bus by the responding RCMP members.
At that time, he stood up and struck one of the officers. The male was subdued and removed from the bus and lodged in the 100 Mile RCMP detachment cells overnight.
A charge of assaulting a police officer is being recommended to Crown against a 46-year-old Surrey man.
