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By Aaron Schulze

Hit and Run

Salmon Arm RCMP see through mom’s fib, track down ‘N’ driver who fled crash scene

Feb 7, 2024 | 11:31 AM

SALMON ARM, B.C. — A 22-year-old ‘N’ driver received numerous tickets after crashing his Jeep and backing up highway traffic in Salmon Arm.

In a news release issued Wednesday (Feb. 7) morning, Salmon Arm RCMP say a man reported a blue Jeep Compass struck his semi-truck on Highway 1 and Shuswap Street at around 10:00 p.m. on Jan. 31.

Police say officers found the Jeep still on scene with major front-end damage and blocking the right-side westbound lane.

Police obtained surveillance video from a nearby business that showed the semi was traveling westbound with a green light on Highway 1 while the Jeep was travelling southbound on Shuswap Street, ran a red light and hit the semi. The Jeep’s occupants then ran away.

Nearly 30 minutes after the collision, police say the mother of the registered owner of the Jeep reported the vehicle as stolen and said she called her son on his cellphone, and he didn’t know where it was.

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Police say the man’s phone was still in the Jeep and they saw incoming calls from “Mom.” The mother admitted she was lying and was cautioned for criminal public mischief.

The mother then told police her 22-year-old son was driving and crashed, and that he was fine but she didn’t know where he was.

The driver was ticketed for failing to remain at the scene of an accident, failing to obey a red light, failing to display his ‘N’ on his vehicle and driving contrary to restriction.