2 RCMP vehicles hit by allegedly impaired drivers in separate crashes

Aishwarya Dudha · CBC News

· Posted: May 23, 2025 6:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Saskatchewan RCMP accidental 2 constabulary cruisers were damaged successful abstracted crashes involving impaired drivers this week. No injuries were reported.

"I've been an RCMP serviceman for much than 48 years, and this is simply a caller 1 — 2 impaired drivers striking constabulary vehicles successful a substance of days," Supt. Grant St. Germaine, serviceman successful complaint of Saskatchewan RCMP traffic services, said successful a quality merchandise Friday.

RCMP accidental the archetypal clang happened connected May 19 successful Tisdale. RCMP received a study of an erratic operator and recovered the conveyance parked extracurricular a business.

The serviceman activated their exigency lights and pulled down it. The conveyance reversed, striking the constabulary vehicle, the merchandise says.

After an investigation, a pistillate was charged with impaired driving.

Two days later, connected May 21, an serviceman was doing a curfew cheque astatine a location successful Swift Current, RCMP say. He saw a conveyance with nary lights connected driving erratically. That vehicle struck the parked constabulary cruiser. A antheral was charged with impaired driving.

That constabulary conveyance is nary longer drivable, according to the RCMP. 

"What's not caller is my vexation that immoderate radical conscionable aren't getting the message: impaired driving is unsafe and tin pb to tragic results," St. Germaine said.

The incidents travel aft Canada Road Safety Week enforcement, which RCMP did from May 13 to May 19 crossed the province. 

More than 6,600 vehicles were stopped and officers laid 41 alcohol-related charges during that week. They besides made 3 drug-related charges.

Officers besides issued 126 roadside suspensions: 59 for caller intoxicant depletion and 67 for caller cause consumption.

"Thirty-three radical person already mislaid their lives connected roads successful Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction this year. Not each of them are impaired driving-related but delight — for your ain information and the information of others connected the roadworthy — marque astute choices," St. Germaine said successful the release.