On Tuesday afternoon, police responded to a suspected impaired driver who flipped their vehicle after crashing into a North Vancouver business.
At around 4:30pm on April 25th, officers responded to a vehicle that had driven into a business in the 900 block of W 1st St and “subsequently reversed, hit a parked vehicle, and flipped her vehicle onto its side”.
The driver was unharmed and while speaking with her, police noted “signs of impairment on the driver”.
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Officers conducted an impaired driving investigation, during which the driver failed to provide a sample of breath into an Approved Screening Device (ASD).
The driver, a North Vancouver woman in her 40s, is facing charges of failing or refusing to provide a breath sample and a 90-day driving suspension.
Investigators note that “penalties for failing or refusing to provide a sample of breath carry the same or higher penalties as someone who failed a road side breath test”.
“Sadly, each year in B.C., 64 people die in crashes involving impaired driving, according to ICBC road safety statistics,” said Cst. Mansoor Sahak of the North Vancouver RCMP. “Even one impaired driver is one too many. The risk they represent is unacceptable, and that’s why we will continue to search for them and take them off the road.”
Penalties for impaired driving in BC can include:
- Driving suspensions from 24 hours to 90 days
- Vehicle impoundment
- Fines, from $600 and up to $4,060
- Jail time
- Mandatory rehabilitation
- Installation of ignition interlock in your vehicle
Fortunately, no one was injured inside the business.