SUNDRE — With the exception of a no-injury motor vehicle collision on Dec. 29 there were no serious incidents on either the roads or in the West Country during the holiday season, Sundre RCMP report.
On Dec. 29, a motorist hit a deer north of Sundre on Twp. Rd. 334 -- the Bearberry Road west of Highway 22 -- which resulted in the vehicle being towed away, said Sgt. Trent Sperlie, the local detachment's commander
While two impaired drivers were taken off the roads last year during the holiday season, he said there were no infractions reported this year during the same period.
“That certainly does not mean that they weren’t out there. They just weren’t encountered,” he said, adding there were no check stops set up this season.
“Last year was definitely way busier,” he said, adding three assaults were reported at the time.
And in a perhaps pleasant development for the owner of a truck that had recently been reported stolen out of Olds, the sergeant said the vehicle was recovered on New Year’s Eve after being found abandoned and then returned to its rightful proprietor.
In wrapping up, he said a New Year’s Day report that was called in about 6:30 p.m. when the owner of a rural property had observed on surveillance footage someone wearing camouflage gear checking out the area, served as a reminder for residents to contact the police if they see something suspicious.
A member who attended the scene could not find anyone and nothing was broken into or stolen, but Sperlie nevertheless encourages people to err on the side of caution and call in such incidents.
“If it turns out to be nothing, it’s not a big deal,” he said. “But in the case where it does turn out to be something, it’s so worth the call.”
