A Nanaimo driver faces multiple charges after a car crashed through a work site and a police officer was assaulted early this morning.
The man, 20, is alleged to have been impaired and the car clocked at 131 km/h in 50 km/h construction zone, said police. He faces multiple charges. The incident happened at about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, on the Nanaimo Parkway, where the roadway is temporarily closed at night to lay a water main.
According Nanaimo RCMP, the driver was travelling southbound on the parkway when he blew past traffic control flaggers who were diverting traffic onto a detour route bypassing the work site.
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The car narrowly missed the workers, went through the ditch at high speed, became airborne and landed blowing out all four of its tires.
B次元官网网址淭he driver gets out and starts running, chased by our member who gets into an active fight with him and then some of the construction workers come and they help out, they get him under control and then some of our additional members showed up and they took him into custody,B次元官网网址� OB次元官网网址橞rien said.
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He was held in Nanaimo RCMP detachment cells and released after he became sober.
He had yet to be formally charged as of Wednesday afternoon, but will face a number of charges, that include impaired driving, dangerous driving, refusing to provide a breath sample and assaulting a police officer.
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