A Suspected Drug-Impaired Driver Crashes Into A BC Business Twice In 20 Seconds

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Western Canada Editor

A suspected drug-impaired driver slammed into a business in Victoria, B.C., twice within a matter of seconds.

The incident happened at around 11 p.m. on October 24 when officers received a report of a collision in The Bay Centre.

Police say a man attempted to flee the scene but was later arrested.

He reported non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.

He was later released with a 24-hour driving ban as an investigation continues into the incident.

No one else was injured in the collision.

  • Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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