Man facing multiple driving charges, including impaired driving, following traffic stop
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB — A 42-year-old Medicine Hat man is facing multiple charges after being pulled over by Redcliff RCMP on Tuesday.
According to a release from Redcliff RCMP, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers were conducting patrols of Highway 1 in Cypress County, when a vehicle was allegedly observed travelling at 178 kilometres/hour in a 110 kilometre/hour zone. Officers activated the emergency lights, and the vehicle allegedly continued past the fully marked police vehicle at a high rate of speed and continued for approximately two minutes before pulling over and stopping.
When the vehicle was stopped, the driver allegedly failed a mandatory alcohol screening, and allegedly could not produce a licence as it was suspended. The vehicle also did not have valid insurance.