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Saturday night vehicle rollover on Bear Mountain

Driver sustained minor injuries | No passengers

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Rollover of white 2018 Toyota Corolla by 22-year-old male driver on Nov 18, 2023 in Langford. [RCMP]
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Monday November 20, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC

by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends


On Saturday night in Langford, November 18, a Westshore RCMP Frontline officer was patrolling on Millstream Ave when they were flagged down by a witness who advised a vehicle had just rolled over down the street near Bear Mountain Parkway and Echo Valley Drive.

That was about 9:50 pm.

The officer attended the scene and located a white 2018 Toyota Corolla flipped over onto its roof. A 22-year-old man who had been driving the car managed to get out of the vehicle. RCMP says he sustained minor injuries.

The driver provided a sample of his breath into a roadside screening device with a fail result and was determined to be over the legal limit of alcohol.

This was a single vehicle collision with no other passengers.

Fines:

The vehicle was impounded for 30 days and the driver issued a 90-day Immediate Roadside Driving Prohibition under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Reminder to plan a safe ride home:

“This driver is lucky to have walked away from such a serious collision with only minor injuries,” said Cpl Nancy Saggar, Media Relations Officer, West Shore RCMP. In a news release today she adds that “with the holiday season upon us, we would like to remind motorists to please plan for a safe ride home”.

Driver sobriety road blocks:

Over the next coming weeks, you will see West Shore RCMP Frontline and Traffic Unit officers at road blocks around the Westshore checking for driver sobriety.

Reference: RCMP File # 2023-23615