{"id":62226,"date":"2026-02-09T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=62226"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:14:08","slug":"east-hants-man-charged-with-impaired-driving-after-going-wrong-way-on-hwy-102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=62226","title":{"rendered":"East Hants man charged with impaired driving after going wrong way on Hwy 102"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOFFS:<\/strong> A 19-year-old man from East Hants is facing impaired driving charges after he drove the wrong way on Highway 102 near the Aerotech Connector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP say that on Feb. 9 at approximately 4:10 a.m., RCMP officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a light-coloured sedan travelling the wrong way on Hwy. 102 near the Aerotech Connector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers learned the vehicle had pulled over and turned its lights off.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Upon arrival, officers located the driver unresponsive behind the wheel of a Cadillac DeVille,&#8221; a spokesperson for the force said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221; The man was awakened and was displaying signs of impairment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was arrested for impaired driving and transported to the Lower Sackville RCMP Detachment to provide breath samples.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the detachment, the 19-year-old East Hants man refused to provide breath samples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was released and is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court at a later date to face charges of Impaired Operation of a Conveyance and Failure to Comply with Demand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe thank the public for promptly reporting the impaired driver, and we\u2019re grateful that their actions helped prevent a potential tragedy,\u201d said Cpl. Mandy Edwards, Public Information Officer for RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis incident serves as an important reminder of the very real dangers impaired driving poses to everyone on our roads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report a suspected impaired driver, call 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 26-21754<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOFFS: A 19-year-old man from East Hants is facing impaired driving charges after he drove the wrong way on Highway 102 near the Aerotech Connector. RCMP say that on Feb. 9 at approximately 4:10 a.m., RCMP officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a light-coloured sedan travelling the wrong way on Hwy. 102 near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[212,665,62,52,14,10300],"class_list":["post-62226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-aerotech-connector","tag-goffs","tag-hwy-102","tag-impaired-driving","tag-rcmp","tag-wrong-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62226","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=62226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}