Tuesday (May 28), at 5 p.m., Trail police responded to a single motor vehicle crash in the 1700 block of Green Road, in Fruitvale.
A witness allegedly observed a woman, driving a black truck, speed past his vehicle on Green Road before losing control and crashing into a cement barricade.
The driver, a 28-year-old from Nelson, ended up down a wooded embankment.
B.C. ambulance attended the scene; however, the woman declined medical treatment.
Attending officers reportedly tried to convince the woman to allow paramedics to treat her injuries, but they were not successful in their persuasion.
While at the scene, officers suspected the woman’s ability to drive was impaired by alcohol.
A demand was read, but she allegedly refused to provide a breath sample.
After being arrested, she allegedly began to escalate in her behaviour toward police.
The woman allegedly spat on an officer and threw an Approved Screening Device at him while uttering threats.
She was taken into custody after a brief struggle and transported to the Trail detachment.
When lodged into the cellblock, the woman attempted to liberate a hair extension off her head, which police allege was to be used “as a improvised hairy nun-chuck against an officer.”
Officers prevented her from taking this action.
The woman was held in custody until sober.
She was released and issued a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition.
The truck was returned to the owner.
This matter remains under criminal investigation.
“It was definitely a ‘hair-ried’ experience for the officers who had to manage this woman,” says Sgt. Mike Wicentowich.
“Trail RCMP will be continuing to target impaired drivers in an effort to keep our roads safe.”