Rear ending a semi tractor landed a motorist with serious injuries while police suspect impaired driving.
Emergency crews were called to Highway 2 near the Highway 53 exit at 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 after a northbound pickup collided with the rear of a semi tractor hauling dry cement mix powder. The collision caused the transmission to separate and the driver to be stuck.
Members of the Ponoka Fire Department extricated the man who is reported to have suffered a broken leg. Police believe alcohol to be a factor in the collision and the matter is under investigation. The semi tractor is reported to have had its hazard lights running at the time as it was climbing a steep incline.
The driver of the semi received no injuries.
Impaired driver
Police responded to a call of an impaired driver in Ponoka on Feb. 2 at approximately 2:30 a.m.
At the time a motorist drove through a person’s yard on 46 Street close to 48 Avenue. Upon arrival, police found the vehicle caught on a snow bank with the driver’s side window smashed. Police believe the 45-year-old driver from Maskwacis was grossly intoxicated, however, she refused to provide a breath sample. She was charged with impaired driving, failing to provide a sample and failing to produce a driver’s licence.
Wanted men arrested
A routine patrol and check of a licence plate nabbed two people wanted for arrest and a third charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Police checked the licence plate of a car Feb. 4 parked at a business on Highway 2A. The check confirmed the 32-year-old male driver, of no fixed address, was wanted on outstanding warrants.
Another man, 22, was charged with possession of a drug and failing to comply with conditions while a female passenger was charged with possession of a drug.