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CTV News
24-05-2025
- CTV News
Sask. RCMP vehicles damaged in impaired driving crashes
Two Saskatchewan RCMP vehicles were damaged in separate incidents involving impaired drivers. On May 19, officers received a report of an erratic driver in Tisdale, a town located about 200 kilometres south of Saskatoon, where RCMP say the driver struck the police vehicle after being pulled over. The second incident occurred on May 21 in Swift Current, where an RCMP officer was conducting a curfew check at a home when an impaired driver struck the RCMP vehicle while it was parked. No injuries were reported in either collision; however, the drivers, a man and a woman, were charged with impaired driving, police said. According to the RCMP, 41 drivers were charged with alcohol-related impaired driving offences, and three drivers were charged with drug-related impaired driving during the Canada Road Safety Week enforcement held from May 13 to 19. Sask. RCMP vehicles damaged in impaired driving crashes (Photo: RCMP) Officers issued 59 roadside suspensions related to recent consumption of alcohol before driving and 67 roadside suspensions related to the recent consumption of drugs before driving, RCMP said. According to the RCMP, 33 people have lost their lives on the roads in the province this year. 'For your own safety and the safety of others on the road – make smart choices,' said Supt. Grant St. Germaine, officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services. 'If you are planning to consume alcohol or drugs, make plans for a safe ride home or stay put until you're sober. Getting behind the wheel while impaired could be the worst – or last – mistake of your life.'
CBC
23-05-2025
- CBC
2 RCMP vehicles hit by allegedly impaired drivers in separate crashes
Saskatchewan RCMP say two police cruisers were damaged in separate crashes involving impaired drivers this week. No injuries were reported. "I've been an RCMP officer for more than 48 years, and this is a new one — two impaired drivers striking police vehicles in a matter of days," Supt. Grant St. Germaine, officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP traffic services, said in a news release Friday. RCMP say the first crash happened on May 19 in Tisdale. RCMP received a report of an erratic driver and found the vehicle parked outside a business. The officer activated their emergency lights and pulled behind it. The vehicle reversed, striking the police vehicle, the release says. After an investigation, a woman was charged with impaired driving. Two days later, on May 21, an officer was doing a curfew check at a home in Swift Current, RCMP say. He saw a vehicle with no lights on driving erratically. That vehicle struck the parked police cruiser. A man was charged with impaired driving. That police vehicle is no longer drivable, according to the RCMP. "What's not new is my frustration that some people just aren't getting the message: impaired driving is dangerous and can lead to tragic results," St. Germaine said. The incidents come after Canada Road Safety Week enforcement, which RCMP did from May 13 to May 19 across the province. More than 6,600 vehicles were stopped and officers laid 41 alcohol-related charges during that week. They also made three drug-related charges. Officers also issued 126 roadside suspensions: 59 for recent alcohol consumption and 67 for recent drug consumption. "Thirty-three people have already lost their lives on roads in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction this year. Not all of them are impaired driving-related but please — for your own safety and the safety of others on the road — make smart choices," St. Germaine said in the release.
