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By Aaron Schulze

Dangerous and Reckless Trip

Kamloops to Golden: impaired driver arrested after three-hour trip

Nov 3, 2022 | 6:03 AM

KAMLOOPS — An impaired Alberta man was arrested after what police called a “dangerous and reckless” three-hour trip through the B.C. Interior.

In a news release issued Wednesday (Nov. 2), BC Highway Patrol says Kamloops RCMP responded to a call of an erratic, newer-model white Ford F-150 driving eastbound on Highway 1 Friday (Oct. 28) shortly before 8 a.m.

RCMP received numerous calls regarding the truck as it travelled from Kamloops to Golden along Highway 1. According to Highway Patrol, some callers reported it speeding, some reported it passing illegally, and others reported it tailgating dangerously.

At one point, Highway Patrol says an officer saw the truck travelling 135 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. Further along the highway, another officer clocked the driver doing 118 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.

RCMP say the man was finally arrested and given a 90-day driving prohibition after they set up a roadblock near the Quartz Creek snowmobile site in the Golden area. Police say he was well over the legal limit of alcohol in his body at the time.

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The man’s truck was seized and is set to appear in provincial court on numerous charges.

Anyone who may have saw the white F-150 during the man’s drive, or has dashcam video of it, is asked to contact BC Highway Patrol’s Golden office at 250-344-4002.