By RCMP Sgt. Grant Simpson
March 21
A 29-year-old Little Fort man called police to report that he had witnessed a male driving a white Dodge dually with a welding rig in the back come around the corner on Highway 24 and crash into his fence. The driver was fine, but could hardly walk as he was intoxicated.
Cpl. McGeorge attended the location and located the B.C.-plated vehicle off road left in the ditch against the complainant’s fence. There was no one around the vehicle, with minor damage to both it and the fence.
The complainant said approximately ten minutes prior to police arrival, he saw from his house that a vehicle stopped at the location, and stayed for several minutes, before departing towards Highway 5. They added they did not know the make or model, or which way on Highway 5 this vehicle departed.
Cpl. McGeorge checked the crashed vehicle on scene and found the inside smelling strongly of beer and saw about a dozen empty Lucky cans inside. Queries of the vehicle showed it was owned by a Fort St. John energy company, the primary driver of which has an invalid driver’s license.
The officer contacted this driver on the phone who refused to provide his location, but admitted to being the driver. He was cautioned about driving as he was obviously intoxicated, even on the phone. Because he admitted to being the driver, he confirmed he would attend the detachment the following day to receive a ticket for driving with an invalid license, and his vehicle would be held until such time that he renewed his licence.
The truck was towed to our local tow yard for safe keeping.
Sgt. G.D. Simpson is the detachment commander at the Clearwater RCMP Detachment.
Anyone with information on a crime is encouraged to call Barriere RCMP at 250-672-9918, or Clearwater RCMP at 250-674-2237, or to report anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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