100 Mile RCMP responded to 66 complaints and calls for service during the past week.
Drinking driver
On March 30, the 100 Mile RCMP detachment received a complaint of a possible impaired driver travelling south on Highway 97 from Lac la Hache.
The vehicle was described as being all over the road. Members from 100 Mile Traffic Services were able to intercept the white Chevrolet pickup truck near Tatton Station Road.
The male driver displayed severe signs of intoxication. He was detained and transported to the100 Mile House detachment office where two breath samples of 170 and 160 mg per cent were obtained.
Charges of impaired driving and driving over the legal limit are being recommended to Crown against a 54-year-old Kamloops man.
Over .08
On March 30, 100 Mile RCMP and 100 Mile Traffic Services members responded to a report that a pickup truck had gone off the road and was stuck on the side of the road two miles south of 100 Mile House on Highway 97.
The driver was reportedly spinning the tires of the vehicle in an attempt to free the vehicle. When police arrived, the driver had shredded the car driver’s side tire and had dug a trench in the gravel.
The female driver displayed symptoms of liquor consumption and an approved roadside screening device was administered. She failed the Breathalyzer test.
The woman was detained and returned to the 100 Mile House detachment office, where two breath samples of 170 mg per cent were obtained.
Charges of impaired driving and driving over the legal limit are being recommended to Crown against a 55-year-old Bridge Lake resident.
