Driver charged with impaired following collision on Highway 104
Posted Dec 13, 2017 03:11:20 AM.
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NEWS RELEASE
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
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Driver arrested after tractor trailer collision along Highway 104
ALMA – At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, Pictou District RCMP were called to the scene of an overturned tractor trailer in the median on Highway 104 at Alma.
Just prior to the collision, Police were responding to a 911 call of a possible impaired driver involving this same vehicle. The vehicle was reportedly swerving between both lanes of traffic.
The driver was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle at the scene before being transported to hospital in New Glasgow for treatment of what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
A 50-year-old male from Canso will be charged with refusal of a legal blood demand and impaired operation of a motor vehicle. He will be appearing in Pictou Provincial Court on Feb. 28, 2018.
The investigation is ongoing.
Highway 104 westbound near Exit 20 will be down to one-lane all-night and into tomorrow while crews clean-up the scene.
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