Sask. RCMP warn against impaired driving this long weekend
Global News
Provincial statistics show alcohol plays a role in almost 30 per cent of fatal collisions each year in Saskatchewan. RCMP hope drivers will make good choice this long weekend.
This Labour Day long weekend, RCMP urge motorists to make good choices in the hope that the summer holidays are the only thing coming to an end.
This time four years ago, 17-year-old Alex Ollington had her whole life ahead of her.
“She was a bright, young lady,” her mother Maria Popiwchak said. “She was a very caring individual. She always made time for her friends and a number of them considered her to be their best friend because she was always there to listen.”
Popiwchak describes her daughter as a young woman who always wanted to make a difference, donating to animal charities and donating her hair to cancer foundations.
“The world that she lived in, she wanted to leave a mark and make it a better place.”
Ollington’s life was cut short when she was killed in a crash on Highway 21 just north of Township Road 542 in Alberta on Sept. 17, 2020.
The choice by a driver to drink and drive is only amplified by the Labour Day long weekend, prompting a reminder from SGI that there are alternatives to getting behind the wheel.
“When it comes to the long weekend, impaired driving is not necessarily up but the potential is there so it’s a perfect time to remind people what their options are,” SGI spokesperson Michaela Solomon said.
