Before a BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) officer was able to pull a pair of drivers over in Williams Lake, he saw them crash.
The cop was patrolling around 3 pm on Sunday, July 20, when he spotted the drivers of a Ford F250 and grey Toyota Camry not wearing seatbelts.
When they turned to pull the drivers over, the Toyota crashed into the rear end of the Ford.
“The BCHP officer started by checking the driver of the Toyota. His head was bleeding liberally after smashing his own windshield, said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin.
“The driver blew two ‘fail’ readings on an Approved Screening Device. Those readings were evidence that he was impaired by alcohol.”
Along with the $167 seatbelt ticket, the 28-year-old Williams Lake was also issued a $368 fine for driving without due care and attention.
For being impaired, he was handed a driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded.
“This relatively low-speed collision, captured by police video, shows the importance of seatbelt safety and driving sober,” added McLaughlin.
“The sober and belted driver walked away. The allegedly impaired driver did not see the police lights, did not react to avoid the hugely obvious truck in front of him, and would have died at highway speed.”
The Ford driver, a 19-year-old Big Creek woman, was also issued a seatbelt violation and was uninjured in the crash.
