{"id":57148,"date":"2025-07-21T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=57148"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:31:00","slug":"alcohol-speed-believed-to-be-factors-in-bridgewater-collision-that-damaged-arbys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=57148","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Alcohol, speed believed to be factors in Bridgewater collision that damaged Arby’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BRIDGEWATER:<\/strong> Police in Bridgewater say alcohol and speed may have been factors in a serious collision that left damage to the Arby’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a release, Bridgewater Polcie Service said that in the early morning hours of July 20, officers who were on patrol heard a loud crash in the community\u2019s southwest end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police subsequently received two 911 calls reporting that a vehicle had crashed into the Bridgewater Arby\u2019s restaurant location on Dufferin Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridgewater Fire Department and EHS responded alongside police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arby’s reopened on Tuesday afternoon with some repair work done to the damaged area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police learned that a vehicle had left the Dufferin Street roadway and crashed into the Arby\u2019s building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collision caused heavy damage to both the vehicle and the restaurant\u2019s street-facing side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two adult women, both from Shelburne County, were located at the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were subsequently transported to South Shore Regional Hospital for treatment of their injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The crash is still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At this time it is believed that both alcohol and speed may have been factors contributing to the crash,” police said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police are looking to speak with anyone who may have witnessed the incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have information that you believe may assist the investigation, please contact Bridgewater Police Service\u2019s main line at 902-543-2464.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BRIDGEWATER: Police in Bridgewater say alcohol and speed may have been factors in a serious collision that left damage to the Arby’s. In a release, Bridgewater Polcie Service said that in the early morning hours of July 20, officers who were on patrol heard a loud crash in the community\u2019s southwest end. Police subsequently received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2692,8830,1546,8831,4687],"class_list":["post-57148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alcohol","tag-arbys","tag-bridgewater","tag-bridgewater-polcie-service","tag-speed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}