A Kamloops-area rancher will spend 30 days on house arrest and won’t be allowed to drive for a year after a drunken crash on the Trans-Canada Highway and blood-alcohol readings described by a judge as “shocking.”
Ross Gabriel Timothy McNab, 59, pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court Tuesday to an impaired driving charge.
McNab was arrested following a T-bone crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Savona on May 6. Court heard he subsequently blew blood-alcohol readings of .270 and .280 — more than three times the legal limit to drive.
“It’s frankly shocking,” Kamloops provincial court Judge Stephen Harrison said.
In addition to McNab’s 30-day conditional sentence order and one-year driving ban, Harrison levied a $1,000 fine and suggested he seek counselling for alcoholism.
“Those readings are alarming and suggest you may have a problem,” Harrison said. “I’ll leave that up to you.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include the fact McNab was also fined $1,000.
The post Year driving ban for man who blew more than three times legal limit after crash appeared first on Kamloops This Week.