The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG—A man has been charged with impaired driving after a vehicle was found with a traffic light standard on its hood and windshield west of Winnipeg.
Manitoba RCMP spokesman Robert Cyrenne said the vehicle hit the light standard in Headingley, then dragged it for almost a kilometre before it broke down.
Cyrenne said it happened around 6 a.m. on Saturday.
He noted the man had double the amount of the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Cyrenne said no one was injured, and that the minivan’s transmission conked out and stopped the vehicle.
He noted “drive sober” is the RCMP’s key message to the public, especially over the holiday season.
“We’re lucky no one got injured in this instance,” Cyrenne said Tuesday.
“We’ve seen far too many injuries due to impaired driving.”
