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Medicine Hat police charge woman after allegedly running two red lights on e-motorcycle

Aug 11, 2026 | 2:44 PM

A 48-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after police say she ran two red lights on an e-motorcycle and narrowly avoided being hit by a transport truck in Medicine Hat.

The Medicine Hat Police Service said officers were conducting roving patrols on Monday in the area of Gershaw Drive SW and the Trans-Canada Highway when they observed the woman operating an e-motorcycle with a wattage greater than 500 watts.

Police allege the woman travelled through two red lights at a high rate of speed without stopping before nearly being struck by a transport truck.

Officers stopped the woman and determined she was a suspended driver.

The woman has been charged with operating a motor vehicle without insurance, operating a motor vehicle without registration and failing to stop at a red light.

Police are reminding e-motorcycle and e-bike owners that vehicles with a wattage greater than 500 watts may be classified as motor vehicles.

Those vehicles require operators to wear an approved helmet and have valid insurance, registration and the appropriate class of driver’s licence.

READ: Medicine Hat police remind riders of the Alberta rules for electric motorcycles