Halifax RCMP arrests 3 people for impaired driving in separate crashes

An RCMP vehicle is pictured. (CTV Atlantic / Melanie Price)

Over the course of two days, the Halifax RCMP arrested three people for impaired driving following separate crashes in Ecum Secum, Hammonds Plains and Eastern Passage.

Police say they responded to reports of a damaged SUV with flat tires travelling eastbound on Highway 7 in Ecum Secum around 8:15 p.m. on Monday. They learned the vehicle appeared to have been involved in a crash.

Officers found the vehicle at a residence and said they saw a man carrying an alcoholic beverage. The man allegedly ran away and was arrested after a short chase, according to an RCMP news release.

The unnamed 34-year-old man from Mount Uniacke is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

Around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, police responded to a hit-and-run at the intersection of Hammonds Plains Road and Pockwock Road. They learned a Lincoln MKS allegedly collided with a Honda Civic.

“The driver of the Lincoln displayed signs of impairment and offered to pay the Civic driver to leave the scene,” the release reads. “The Lincoln was last seen travelling east on Hammonds Plains Rd. toward Bedford.”

Police found the Lincoln at an Equestrian Lane address and took a 39-year-old man from Hammonds Plains to the Tantallon RCMP detachment. He is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

At 10:35 p.m. the same day, police responded to a single-vehicle crash in the 1500 block of Cow Bay Road in Eastern Passage. They learned the driver and passenger of the vehicle had left the scene.

Police found the driver, who allegedly showed signs of impairment and claimed his vehicle had been stolen. Officers arrested him for public mischief and impaired driving.

The 20-year-old man from Cole Harbour received a seven-day driving suspension and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

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