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Global News
5 days ago
- Global News
B.C. Highway Patrol dashcam captures consequences of unsafe driving
Dashcam video provided by B.C. Highway Patrol captured the consequences of unsafe driving in Williams Lake recently. A patrol officer was driving on Mackenzie Avenue South on July 20 when they noticed two drivers passing them who were not wearing seatbelts. The officer turned around to pull them over and then watched as the driver of a Toyota Camry drove into the back of the Ford F250 in front as both of the vehicles stopped on the side of the road. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The 28-year-old man behind the wheel of the Camry failed a breathalyzer test. 'The BC Highway Patrol officer started by checking the driver of the Toyota Camry,' Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol said in a statement. 'His head was bleeding liberally after smashing his own windshield. The driver blew two fail readings on an Approved Screening Device. Those readings were evidence that he was impaired by alcohol.' Story continues below advertisement The driver is facing a driving prohibition and two tickets and his vehicle was impounded. The driver of the truck was ticketed for not wearing a seatbelt.
Global News
17-07-2025
- Automotive
- Global News
More than half of trucks stopped in B.C. safety blitz pulled from the road
B.C. RCMP say they issued more than $18,000 in tickets and caught more than 500 vehicle violations in just two days during a commercial vehicle safety crackdown. The B.C. Highway Patrol, Mounties from Burnaby and Coquitlam and the provincial Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement branch teamed up to run the truck checks on July 8 and July 9. Among the 543 total defects they caught were a driving school semi truck with non-compliant front brakes and a dump truck with holes in the bed leaking its load, bald tires and damaged rims. 'These are very thorough inspections. We are going top to tail, starting with the log books of the drivers, going over every piece of the engine, the suspension, the tires,' Highway Patrol spokesperson Cpl. Daniel McLaughlin said. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'Typically, the things that we're most concerned about are things like brakes, suspension, and tire wear. Those can be real problems if not dealt with immediately.' Story continues below advertisement 2:01 Commercial vehicle blitz in Abbotsford find 268 violations out of 87 inspections Officers inspected 109 trucks in total, issuing 79 tickets. More than half of the vehicles checked (58) were taken out of service. Dave Earle, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, said he was 'disappointed but not surprised' by the results of the crackdown. He said members of the association frequently raise concerns about drivers on the road with unsafe equipment or who appear not to be sticking to the legally required biannual vehicle inspections. 'What it comes down to is we just do not have enough enforcement staff. The women and men of Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement do an outstanding job with the resources that they have but this has been an area that's been neglected for many, many years,' he said. Story continues below advertisement 'Our association's been calling for greater enforcement, better penalties. Not changing regulations, just enforcing what we have, and this is the fallout from when these things are neglected.' Police say there is no question the condition of some vehicles on the road is putting the public at risk.
Global News
16-07-2025
- Global News
Suspect arrested in Armstrong, B.C. hit-and-run that left 2 dead
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in a Saturday hit-and-run in Armstrong, B.C., that left two young men dead. The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. near Spallumcheen on Highway 97A, where the B.C. Highway Patrol says two pickup trucks collided head-on. Witnesses told police that one of the trucks, a black GMC Sierra, was driving on the wrong side of the highway when it hit the other pickup, which had four people inside. Two of them, a 19-year-old man from Vernon and a 20-year-old man from Coldstream, were killed. Ally Gogush was walking her dog nearby when she heard the collision and ran to the scene to help. She said she arrived to find a chaotic scene. 0:34 Cops for Cancer cyclist dies after Prince George hit and run 'There was nothing, there's no doors, it was open — the front end was crunched in and the two passengers were pinned and it had pushed the front passenger seat into the passenger that was sitting in the back, the motor was pushed into that (other) gentleman,' she said. Story continues below advertisement 'The driver of the one vehicle started yelling, 'Does anybody know how to tell if anybody's breathing? … So I went over there and I blacked my phone out and I put it under the gentleman's kind of nose to see if I could get breath and I felt for a pulse, and he wasn't responding.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy According to police, the Sierra's driver and a passenger fled the scene on foot. As Gogush was on the phone with 911 and she and other bystanders tried to render aid to the victims, she said she saw one of the suspects slip away. 'He got up and he took about 10 steps, and then just down the embankment and started going, running away,' she said. The suspected driver was arrested later on Saturday. Police are still looking for witnesses and any video recorded in the area at the time. Anyone with information is asked to contact B.C. Highway Patrol at 250-828-3184.
Vancouver Sun
16-07-2025
- Automotive
- Vancouver Sun
$18,000 in tickets issued for defective Metro Vancouver trucks in two-day blitz
Police handed out more than $18,000 in tickets for defective trucks on Metro Vancouver roads during a two-day commercial vehicle safety inspection blitz. About 109 vehicles were pulled over and checked in Coquitlam and Chilliwack on July 8 and 9 and more than 540 defects were identified, including defective brakes, a truck with holes in the bed that leaked debris onto the road, bald and badly worn tires and damaged wheel rims. While the majority of truck drivers take safety seriously, too many are cutting corners, said B.C. Highway Patrol's Cpl. Michael McLaughlin. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. 'Too many commercial drivers are still bending the rules by driving broken trucks and trailers.' About 58 trucks were taken off the road and 79 violation tickets issued over the two-day enforcement blitz, which was conducted with the help of Burnaby RCMP, Coquitlam RCMP and bylaw officers, and the province's Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement. About $18,700 in tickets were handed out under the Motor Vehicle Act and municipal bylaws.
CBC
07-03-2025
- CBC
2 charged in fatal 2018 hit-and-run in Terrace, B.C.
Two men have been charged more than six years after a fatal hit-and-run in the city of Terrace, in northwest B.C., which was described at the time as a shock to the community. In the early hours of Nov. 18, 2018, 30-year-old Cameron Kerr was walking home from a wake along Highway 16 when he was struck and killed by a Ford F-350 pickup truck west of Terrace. In the days following his death, tips from the community led to the seizure of two trucks, three trailers and two boats believed to be involved in the hit and run. Arrests were made by B.C. Highway Patrol, with at least seven people interrogated, but no charges were laid. The investigation was then transferred to the B.C. Major Crime Special Projects Unit, which worked with other teams to follow up on the case. Now, Taylor Stogryn, 36, and Conrad Wierzbicki, 34, of Surrey, B.C., have been charged with indignity to human remains and obstructing justice. Police say Stogryn has also been charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident. Kerr was well known in the community of about 20,000 people. He was involved in many different activities in Terrace, from kayaking to hockey.
