A trail of debris led police directly to a vehicle involved in a Sunday morning hit and run.
Despite recent awareness and enforcement campaigns connected to the 2019 Festive RIDE season, an alarming number of motorists continue to drive while impaired.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were originally dispatched to the area of Bruce Street just before 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24 following reports of a hit and run that had just occurred on Beverly Street near Winnipeg Avenue.
Thunder Police Service officers were en route to a call for service just after 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18 when they spotted a pick-up truck on Second Avenue about to cross Fort William Road with heavy traffic.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Uniform Patrol Branch noticed a motorist driving erratically in the 700 block of Simpson Street around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3.
Officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Uniform Patrol Branch were dispatched to the parking lot of a restaurant on Waterloo Street following reports of possible intoxicated individuals in a vehicle.
A Thunder Bay Police Service officer with the Uniform Patrol branch was driving southbound on Cumberland Street just before 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 2 when he noticed a vehicle driving aggressively in front of him.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were dispatched to the Arthur Street McDonald’s after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, July 7 following reports a suspected impaired driver had bumped into the back of a vehicle in the restaurant’s drive-thru.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were dispatched just after midnight on Monday, July 8 to the area of Arthur and Brodie Streets for reports of a motor vehicle collision.
An observant Thunder Bay Police Service Traffic Unit officer noticed a vehicle reported as stolen driving southbound on Fort William Road just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3.