Impaired driver slams into ice cream shop in downtown Victoria, B.C.
The crash wasn't the end of the chase—a taser was needed to apprehend them
Victoria police were called to the scene of a crash in the city’s downtown core this week, but it didn’t involve another vehicle or a pedestrian. The motorist had driven right into the Marble Slab ice cream shop located ground level at The Bay Centre, the city’s downtown shopping complex.
There were surveillance cameras pointed right towards where the action unfolded and footage revealed a silver Kia Soul hitting a metal garbage can, which goes flying into the Marble Slab window, followed by the car driving directly into the shop’s windows.
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The vehicle then hits reverse and backs up out of frame. Moments later, it’s spotted in frame again, this time driving directly into the building’s facade to the right of the ice cream parlour.
The footage is pretty shocking and would’ve definitely been alarming for witnesses to have watched such erratic driving behaviour unfold.
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When police arrived on the scene, they found a male driver who they suspected was drug-impaired. The guy tried to make a run for it when he spotted authorities, and they wound up having to use a taser to apprehend him.
According to reports, police attempted to give the man a Field Sobriety Test, since they suspected he had been using drugs, but the man told them he was injured and so they took him to the hospital instead. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
The investigation is ongoing and police are asking for anyone who saw something to contact the Victoria Police Department at 250-995-7654 or Crime Stopper at 1-800-222-8477.