Police are reminding Albertans of the dangers of protesting on a busy, public freeway after a multi-vehicle collision occurred throughout an indication on Freeway 1 Monday.
Cochrane RCMP say on the afternoon of April 1, round 50 autos had been at an accepted protest website within the Crowsnest Cross area.
Whereas travelling to the protest website at Freeway 1 and Freeway 22, police say 5 massive farm tractors precipitated a multi-vehicle collision.
The tractors “refused to cease for police when a visitors cease was tried,” police say, including the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
“This incident serves as a reminder that protesting on a public freeway shouldn’t be protected,” the RCMP stated in a launch.
Police are on the scene west of Calgary the place protests are persevering with for a second day.
Teams of individuals have come out to indicate their opposition to the rise of the federal carbon tax on April 1.
Officers say they’ve been working with the protestors on Freeway 1 over the past 24 hours to make sure they’ll protest safely and lawfully.
The police company says it has informed the protestors that officers is not going to enable them on the freeway and received’t enable for visitors alongside the busy hall to be interrupted.
“We don’t take enforcement motion calmly, however the security of motorists, protesters and a traveler’s proper to make use of a public freeway should be maintained,” the RCMP stated in a press release. “This can be very unsafe to face or impede visitors on a public roadway.”
Police are additionally reiterating that it’s towards the regulation for a car to park or be stationary on a freeway except the car isn’t in a position to transfer utilizing its personal energy, an emergency occurs, or it’s stopped beneath the director of a peace officer or visitors management machine.
