Crash in Beaver Bank leads to impaired driving charges

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By Natasha O'Neill

Posted Sep 10, 2026 01:33:03 PM.

Police responded to an early morning crash in Beaver Bank where the driver of the car was believed to be impaired.

It happened Sept. 6, around 1:40 a.m. Officers from the Halifax detachment went to the scene in the 1200 block of Beaver Bank Road. When they arrived, they found a damaged Honda Civic on the road, with a man behind the wheel.

An officer spoke to the 32-year-old who they believed was impaired. The man was given a roadside test which he failed, police relayed.

At the Lower Sackville RCMP detachment further tests by police concluded the man had a blood alcohol content of 130 mg per cent.

He was released and is scheduled to face impaired driving charges in a Dartmouth court.

“Everyone has a role to play in keeping our roads safe. Motorists who plan to consume alcohol or drugs need to arrange safe rides to their destinations,” the press release notes.

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