Vehicle found in Summerside snowbank leads to impaired driving charge

An 18-year-old Summerside man is due in court for an impaired driving charge after the vehicle he was driving veered off the road into a snowbank.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. last Friday evening, police officers on patrol in the Water Street East area came across a vehicle that had just driven off the road and into a snowbank.

Police spoke with the driver and observed signs that he had been drinking. The driver, an 18-year-old Summerside man, then failed a roadside screening device test. He was arrested and later provided samples of his breath that were in excess of the legal limit.

The man will appear in court at a later date to answer to a charge of impaired driving. His vehicle was also seized for 30 days.