Woman arrested for impaired driving with child in the car

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March 25, 2020
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Woman arrested for impaired driving with child in the car

Last night at approximately 11 pm, AbbyPD officers responded to a report of a minivan driving at a high rate of speed through red lights.

AbbyPD officers a initiated traffic stop on Walker Crescent, in central Abbotsford, after observing the vehicle driving on its’ tire rims.  Officers conducted a roadside breath test that the female driver failed.

A 24-year-old Abbotsford woman was arrested and charges for impaired operation of a vehicle have been recommended. 

Officers located the woman’s 5-year-old child who was unsecured in a booster seat in the backseat of the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop; and left in the care of their father.

AbbyPD file 2020-12375

Sgt Judy Bird  Phone (604) 864-4899
Abbotsford Police Media Relations Officer [email protected]
2838 Justice Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 3P5 Fax: (604) 859-2527