RCMP say it happened Wednesday around 9:45 p.m. when they received a call about a vehicle overturned west of Brandon on Richmond Avenue West near 66th Street. Reports said two children under the age of five were in the car. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a heavily damaged car on the northbound side of the road. The windshield was cracked and the roof caved in. A 29-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged five years and 11 months, were rescued from the vehicle and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The woman was examined at the hospital and RCMP said she was impaired. He was arrested for impaired operation of a vehicle over .08 and impaired operation causing bodily harm. Her license has been suspended and she was released with a court date. RCMP say this is part of a larger, troubling trend in southwestern Manitoba, with 4 such incidents occurring in the past few days. Officers were on patrol on Highway 340 in the RM of Cornwall in the early morning hours of July 3 when an eastbound vehicle activated its high beam while passing the patrol car. A 57-year-old man from Sprucewoods, Man. arrested and facing impairment charges. On July 5, Mounties say two men – ages 43 and 26, both from Brandon – were stopped during check stops at different locations by Blue Hills RCMP. Both men were tested and given warnings. Their vehicles were impounded for three days and their license suspended for 72 hours. All charges have yet to be proven in court. The investigation continues.
