‘Impaired’ BC Driver Swaps Places with Passenger Post-Crash, Results in Second Collision: RCMP

Published on November 6, 2024

Two women crashed the same SUV into the same parked vehicle in a Prince George, B.C., parking lot last week, leading officers to arrest both drivers for intoxication, police say. Prince George RCMP responded to a report of an impaired driver at 12 p.m. on Oct. 29 after witnesses said an SUV had struck a vehicle in a parking lot on the 1600-block of Central Street East, Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said in a press release. When officers arrived on scene, they found two women in a small, black SUV stuck to the bumper of a pickup truck. “Witnesses stated that after the first collision, the driver and passenger switched spots in the vehicle,” Cooper said. “When the now-driver attempted to leave the parking lot, she ended up striking the same parked car as the original driver as well as a witness who was near the parked vehicle.”...