Submitted by Sgt. Darren Kakuno
Detachment Commander
Columbia Valley RCMP
This past week, March 8 through March 14, the Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 57 calls for service. The following is a summary of some of the files our officers responded to.
•On Monday, March 8, a resident on 10th Ave. in Invermere reported the theft of a bicycle, which was taken from the property sometime overnight. The bicycle is described as a khaki green Kona Stinky full suspension downhill mountain bike.
•On Wednesday, March 10, at about 5 p.m., an officer stopped the driver of a Honda Accord for disobeying a traffic light at the intersection of 4th St. and Laurier Street in Invermere. The officer conducted a Mandatory Alcohol Screening with the driver. The driver complied with a roadside breath demand and blew two “fails”. As a result, the driver was issued a 90-day Immediate Roadside Driving Prohibition, and his vehicle was impounded for 30-days.
•On Thursday, March 11, at about 2 a.m., emergency crews responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 93/95 near Fairmont Hot Springs. The driver of a Ford Fiesta was northbound on the Highway and struck a southbound commercial transport truck. The driver of the Ford Fiesta was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the commercial transport truck was uninjured. The investigation is ongoing to determine if there were contributing factors that led to the collision.
