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Calgary police are interesting to the general public for footage of an allegedly impaired driver who investigators say was concerned in a hit-and-run collision on Christmas Eve.
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The police responded simply earlier than midnight on Saturday to a number of studies of a automobile driving dangerously within the metropolis’s southeast.
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Investigators describe the automobile as a white Chevrolet Specific van, license plate BTY 8991. They are saying the van is believed to have been touring south on twenty fourth Avenue SE after which north on Deerfoot Path after which west on Anderson Highway.
Police say they tried to cease the automobile on Bonaventure Drive SE, however the motorist continued to “drive erratically,” going by means of the intersections of 109th Avenue and Fairmont Drive. The motive force got here to a cease at Willow Park Drive, the place police arrested him.
Police say prices towards the person are pending.
“The vacations are a time to be with household and mates,” mentioned Workers Sergeant Mark Auger of the Calgary Police Service’s Basic Investigations Unit. “The reckless actions of people driving impaired may very nicely have taken the life of somebody’s liked one. We’re grateful that nobody was injured, however we wish to remind all Calgarians to not drink and drive.”
Police are asking anybody who might have seen the incident or has dashcam footage of the driving force to contact them at 403-266-1234. Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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