The courts have dealt with a Penticton motorist who blew past a Transportation Ministry roadblock on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Revelstoke, B.C.
The incident happened in late December when the highway was closed for avalanche control work.
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Fifty-four year old Erich Koenig was eventually boxed in by a snow-plow and grader until police arrived and arrested him.
Koenig pleaded guilty to flight from police, and driving while prohibited.
He was fined $675, put on probation for a year, and prohibited from driving for two years.
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