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By James Peters

Dangerous Driver

Spike belt helps nab dangerous driver after Trans Canada tour through Shuswap

Nov 12, 2020 | 2:33 PM

REVELSTOKE, B.C. — An early morning spike belt deployment helped put an end to a run from police near Revelstoke Monday (Nov. 9).

According to an RCMP news release, a member of the public phoned Chase RCMP just after midnight Monday morning, complaining about a newer model white Ford F350 pickup driving erratically.

About 25 minutes later, a Salmon Arm RCMP officer tried to pull the truck over near Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road in Tappen. The truck didn’t stop and sped off eastbound on the Trans Canada Highway.

At about 1:30 a.m., Revelstoke Mounties tried to pull over the vehicle, this time using a spike belt. The belt deflated one of the truck’s tires and it came to a stop.

Officers arrested the person behind the wheel, a 28-year-old Red Deer woman. The suspect was bound by conditions not to be behind the wheel of any vehicle without its owner present.

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She is now facing a host of new charges under both the Criminal Code of Canada and the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act.

Anyone who witnessed the erratic driver is asked to contact Revelstoke RCMP at (250) 837-5255.