Sgt. Ed deJong
Columbia Valley RCMP
This past week, July 8 to 15, the Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 100 calls for service.
On July 8 police were called to a six-year-old child wandering on Highway 93/95 by himself. The caller kept an eye on the child until members were able to arrive and determine the child was autistic and had wandered off from a family campsite after figuring out how to open the gates designed to keep him safe. The family was out frantically looking for the boy and police were able to reunite them.
On July 8 RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 93/95 near Lakeview Drive in Windermere.
Police obtained witness statements indicating the driver of a northbound vehicle was passing multiple cars unsafely and veered suddenly back into his lane to avoid a head-on collision, resulting in him rear-ending a vehicle and flipping end over end into the ditch. Police formed grounds to believe the driver may have been impaired by drugs and obtained blood samples for analysis. The investigation is ongoing.
On July 14 police received a report of a grey 2020 Dodge 3500 pickup with Wyoming plates stolen from Canyon RV Resort.
The keys were left in the unlocked vehicle. If you see this vehicle please call the Columbia Valley RCMP and don’t approach it.
