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Red Deer RCMP issue tickets to impaired driver after serious two-vehicle crash
One person was taken to hospital for precautionary reasons following a serious motor vehicle collision in Red Deer late on July 5, RCMP confirm.
Cst. Cory Riggs with Red Deer RCMP says police got the call around 10:30 p.m. that two vehicles had crashed at the intersection of 40 Avenue and 44 Street.
“A witness stated that the driver of the first vehicle, who was impaired, was travelling east on 44 Street at a high rate of speed, ran the stop sign and struck another vehicle heading south on 40 Avenue,” says Riggs.
Both vehicles, which were sedans, were significantly damaged, but thankfully, no one was seriously hurt.