Impaired driver blows 3.5 the legal limit.

October 9, 2024, Covehead PEI - On October 6, at 18:15 RCMP responded to multiple complaints of an impaired driver in Covehead. A 31year-old- man was arrested and blew 3.5 times the legal limit.

On October 6, at 18:15 RCMP in Queens District received a report of an erratic driver, and later another report of a crashed vehicle. Police arrested the driver for impaired driving by alcohol, the driver went on to provide breath samples of 280 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood which is 3.5 times the legal limit. The driver will appear in court at a later date.

"If you see a suspected impaired driver call 911, you can make a difference for the safety of everyone," Said Cpl Gavin Moore, Media relations officer for the Prince Edward Island RCMP.