The BC Highway Patrol says in a statement that after a 16-year-old boy from Abbotsford crashed into a parked dump truck on July 21, officers fined him almost $1,800 in fines.
First, a BC Highway Patrol officer clocked a grey BMW speeding at 180 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 1 in Popkum, BC.
“To the officer, the speeding grey BMW made other highway traffic look like it was standing still,” said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol.
Then, just minutes later, the 16-year-old driver ran a stop sign and hit a parked dump truck.
“The BMW was not pursued, but a few minutes later, a driver called police and said a grey BMW had gone through a stop sign and collided with his parked dump truck,” McLaughlin explained.
Once BC Highway Patrol officers arrived, the BMW was identified as the same vehicle that police had clocked at 180 km/h before.
The driver was identified as a 16-year-old with a Class 7 Learner’s Licence. Two additional teenage boys were also sitting in the car.
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The driver is now facing eleven fines, including excessive speed, passing on right of roadway, and improper display of front licence plate.
Additionally, police issued a 12-month driving prohibition as a result of a high-risk driving report submitted to the BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.
The vehicle was towed with a seven-day impound at the owner’s expense.
“He [the driver] will also have to explain why his stepmother’s car is sitting in an impound lot with thousands of dollars in damage,” said McLaughlin.
