Charges laid after vehicles struck
A Whitehorse man was arrested for suspected drunk driving Saturday morning, after significant damage was done to a number of other vehicles on the road.
A Whitehorse man was arrested for suspected drunk driving Saturday morning, after significant damage was done to a number of other vehicles on the road.
The driver of a 2001 Ford Expedition was initially involved in a collision with a 2008 Ford Mustang on Main Street, the RCMP reported this morning, before taking off northbound on Fourth Avenue.
The driver of the Expedition lost control of his vehicle and struck a snow bank at the entrance to the Qwanlin Mall, police said, then took out a traffic sign.
From there, he struck four vehicles which were parked in the parking lot – a Jeep, a Toyota Tercel, another Expedition and a Toyota Corolla – before coming to rest against a lamp post. No one was in the vehicles at the time they were struck.
The police and ambulance attendants were called to the scene at 11:55 a.m. The 47-year-old driver of the Expedition was examined by the paramedics, then arrested. He was later released on a promise to appear in court on March 31.
He will face charges of uttering threats and impaired driving, police said today.
Police did not have an estimate of the damage he caused, but did say the suspect’s vehicle is likely a write-off.

Girl Uninterrupted
Feb 8, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Its nice to see our laws protecting those who drive drunk. He should be confined to a cell in WCC until his court date.
Pathetic.