5 charged with impaired driving
Five P.E.I. drivers were stopped by RCMP over the weekend and are facing charges for impaired driving.
Police reported the following arrests:
- A 55-year-old woman in Albany driving with three times the legal alcohol limit.
- A 48-year-old man blew twice the legal limit at a traffic stop in Souris early Saturday morning.
- A 20-year-old driver blew over the legal limit at the same stop 10 minutes later.
- Also on Saturday morning, a man in Cornwall faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident and impaired driving following a collision there. No one was injured.
- At about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, officers stopped a 25-year-old man who was recorded driving with almost twice the legal blood alcohol level.
Police also believe alcohol and speed were factors in a fatal, single-vehicle crash in Tignish. The 29-year-old man was not wearing a seatbelt.
"It is quite common which is unfortunate. We have a high rate of impaired driving in P.E.I.," said RCMP Sgt. Leanne Butler.
"It's something that we're still working at and trying to combat."
Police are encouraging the public to continue calling about suspected impaired drives. Butler said police have been receiving a lot of calls and it does help.
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