Police Seek information on fleeing driver
By Nelson Daily Staff
The West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Team is seeking information regarding a driver who failed to stop and fled police RCMP said in a media release Tuesday.
RCMP said on Friday, December 4, 2020, at 3:22 p.m., shortly after police across British Columbia kicked off a month-long counterattack impaired driving campaign, police responded to a report of an erratic driver heading west from Nelson on Highway 3A. Police said the vehicle a distinctive looking red Mini Cooper.
“A member of the West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety team happened to be nearby and waited at the junction of Highway 3A and 6,” RCMP said.
“Within a few minutes, the red Mini Cooper appeared.”
“The officer, standing beside his fully marked police vehicle with his police emergency lights activated, signalled the driver to stop, but the driver drove right past and proceeded to drive at a high rate of speed North on Highway 6,” RCMP added.
RCMP said the officer did not engage in a pursuit fearing the driver might operate more dangerously placing the public in danger.
Police said a short while later, a passerby pointed the officer up a road in the Slocan Valley.
“The officer found the distinctive looking red mini Cooper abandoned and hot in front of a closed gate at the registered owner’s residence and rolling backwards,” RCMP said.
“The officer was able to stop the vehicle from rolling further, but did not locate the driver.”
Police are seeking anyone with information about the driver or who may have observed the erratic driving behaviour to contact Constable Alain Therrien of the West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit at 250-354-5180.
