Saturday, July 20, 2019 ~ LANGFORD
~ West Shore Voice News
A 55-year-old man was arrested by West Shore RCMP today Saturday July 20 and is under investigation for impaired driving, dangerous driving and flight from police after being seen driving erratically on the Trans Canada Highway (TCH / Highway 1) in Langford.
While on the highway, around 11:55 am, RCMP attempted to stop the suspected impaired driver whose vehicle was travelling south towards Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Witnesses reported that a green Ford F350 truck was driving erratically and had struck the highway meridian several times. When officers attempted to pull the suspect over the driver fled in his vehicle from police. Police located the vehicle travelling into oncoming traffic on the McCallum Road off-ramp and saw it collide with the concrete barrier.
The driver was arrested by police. The suspect sustained minor injuries. There were no other vehicles or passengers involved in the collision.