Alleged drunk driver leaves wreckage at 2 crash sites
RCMP were called to a pair of car crash scenes involving an alleged impaired driver just before daybreak Tuesday outside of Chester, N.S.
The first call came at 6:02 a.m. with a report of a light-coloured sports car smashing into another vehicle on Highway 3 in East Chester and then fleeing the scene. The impact left the other vehicle with considerable damage but no one was injured, RCMP said in a news release.
About 10 minutes later, police were called to a nearby crash site where a car had left the road, smashed through a fence and severed the top of a spruce tree before flipping over on its roof in a ditch.
A witness told RCMP officers that two men got out of the car and ran into woods nearby. A third man stayed in the car.
More charges possible
Police were able to track down the men in the woods.
A 21-year-old Chester Basin man was arrested for drunk driving and taken to South Shore Regional Hospital for injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
RCMP say they believe the same car was involved in both incidents. They are continuing the investigation and say more charges are possible.
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