Spike belt stops erratic driver in wrong lanes of Trans-Canada Highway

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A spike belt was used to stop a vehicle driving in the oncoming lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway between Sicamous and Salmon Arm Thursday night.

Staff Sgt. Scott West says police responded to a call about an erratic driver at 9 p.m.

"Thankfully, there were no oncoming vehicles" at the time, West said in a press release.

The vehicle was located in the Canoe area and matched the description of one which had recently fled from local police, he added.

A spike belt was deployed to disable the vehicle, which came to rest in a snowbank on 10th Avenue SE in Salmon Arm.

The driver fled the vehicle, and a man matching the description, who is known to local police, was arrested on
four outstanding warrants after a brief struggle with the arresting officer near 37th Street SE, says West.

He remains in custody.

The warrants were for drug and driving related offences.