PEI RCMP stop12 impaired drivers this week, 2 yesterday

December 12, 2024
RCMP Headquarters, Prince Edward Island

News release

PEI RCMP stop12 impaired drivers this week, 2 yesterday

Yesterday at 8:00 p.m. RCMP received a 911 call reporting an erratic driver in Newton PEI. Prince District RCMP located the driver in Kinkora and arrested a 61-year-old man for impaired driving by alcohol. The Ontario man provided breath samples 2.5 times the legal limit.

In a separate incident, yesterday at 12:09 p.m. RCMP Traffic Services were conducting a checkpoint in Stanchel when a vehicle came through with the smell of fresh burnt cannabis coming from within it. A 41-year-old Kinkora woman failed a roadside test and was given a blood demand.

Both drivers are expected in court at a later date. Impaired driving is a significant contributor fatal collision in PEI. If you see an impaired driver call 911.

Both drivers are expected in court at a later date. PEI RCMP made 12 arrests for impaired driving in the last week. Impaired driving is a significant contributor fatal collision in PEI. If you see an impaired driver call 911.

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Contact information

Corporal Gavin Moore / Caporal Gavin Moore
Media Relations Officer / Agent des relations avec les médias
RCMP PEI / GRC – IPE

File number: 20241804139, 20241801848

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