BC Highway Patrol

• Alberta man sentenced in B.C. after dangerous driving crash caught on video

  On Dec. 8, 2023, a BC Highway Patrol officer was working with a tow truck operator to impound a Mercedes for excessive speeding on Highway 1, just west of Field.

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  Apr 20
  
• B.C. driver’s car removed from road, looked like ‘it had been chewed up by Robosaurus’

  An officer pulled an Acura over on Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. on Highway 3 near Christina Lake after he clocked the vehicle going 130 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

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  Jan 20
  
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• Lamborghini owner faces steep fines in B.C. for driving without winter tires

  A man in British Columbia is facing steep fines after driving his Lamborghini Huracán at high speeds on a highway without winter tires.

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  Oct 22, 2025
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• B.C. Highway Patrol dashcam captures consequences of unsafe driving

  A patrol officer was driving on Mackenzie Avenue South on July 20 when they noticed two drivers passing them who were not wearing seatbelts.

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  Jul 25, 2025
• B.C. ‘YouTube influencer’ has car impounded for excessive speeding

  BC Highway Patrol said an unmarked patrol officer was in Lantzville when he heard an "excessively loud vehicle accelerate away from a stoplight on Highway 19, near Ware Road."

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  Feb 5, 2025
• $700 fine for Highway 1 crash caused by loose tire ‘an insult’, victim says

  A B.C. woman says she suffers pain and nightmares and is without a car after a dump truck lost two wheels on Highway 1 Thursday, yet the driver got only a 'slap on the wrist.'

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  Dec 1, 2024
• Okanagan drivers’ need for speed results in hundreds of impounds, tickets

  "The number of vehicle compounds is quite staggering in the Kelowna area."

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  Nov 27, 2024
• 19 impaired charges handed out during B.C. music festival

  The Shambhala Music Festival in the Kootenays July 26-29 featured scores of electronic musicians and attracted thousands of fans to the Salmo area. It kept police plenty busy too.

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  Aug 9, 2024
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• ICBC, police urge road safety for B.C. long weekend

  ICBC says most months see an average of 55 people injured or killed. For July and August, though, that average rises to 87 people injured or killed.

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  Aug 2, 2024
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• Witnesses sought in crash that killed pedestrian near Hope, B.C.

  BC Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses who may have driven past the scene of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on Monday between midnight and 1 a.m.

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  Jul 31, 2024