LPS Deal With Seven Impaired Drivers Over Two-Hour Period

LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge Police are requesting the public to plan ahead if alcohol will be part of your Halloween activities. Last night (Oct. 28) police dealt with seven incidents of impaired driving during a two-hour period from 2 a.m. Saturday morning to about 4 a.m..

According to a L.P.S. press release sent out on Oct. 29, four of the five drivers were involved in either single vehicle collisions and or multiple hit and run incidents. One of these included a roll over in the 2000 block of 12 Avenue South. The fifth driver was not involved in a collision or hit and run. Police are still unravelling the totality of the damages. Fortunately no one was seriously injured. The two remaining drivers were dealt with by immediate roadside sanctions.

The press release states that while police unfortunately deal with impaired driving all too often, it is not typically to this extent.

Police are urging those that drink to please designate a sober driver, call a cab or find an alternative way home. In addition to the obvious safety concerns it also stretches Police resources to the limit and unnecessarily so.