S x News TheReview Wednesday, May 9, 1990 — A5 Highway crash stops impaired driver Crashing into another vehicle on the Pat Bay Highway brought a Victoria man to police notice — and to two subsequent breatha- lyzer readings of .25 per cent. Guy Robert Hay, 33, pleaded guilty in Sidney provincial court Thursday to driving with a blood- alcohol reading over .08 per cent. Crown counsel Edward Orm- heim said two witnesses reported Hay’s car speeding between 70 and 90 miles per hour southbound on the Pat Bay Highway shortly before 10 p.m. Feb. 16. Hay crashed into the rear of another southbound vehicle, Orm- heim said: The driver of the other car suffered broken teeth, bruises and lacerations when his face smashed into the steering wheel, Ormheim said. His vehicle hit the highway divider and spun across the road. Hay had a conviction for impaired driving in 1981 and for driving with a blood-alcohol read- _ Grant gives one-third of trailer’s cost The Sidney-based Peninsula Emergency Measures Organiza- tion has been awarded a $5,500 provincial government grant tow- ards the $15,000 cost of its mobile headquarters. “T think it’s great that the prov- ince is prepared to help with the funding,” PEMO co-ordinator Dick Reynolds said Thursday. If a disaster struck the Penin- sula, the 24-foot long trailer would be used as an emergency response centre for the PEMO team, as well as area fire and police depart- ments, Reynolds said. PEMO is primarily geared tow- ards dealing with an earthquake ¢ 3 SPEED SELF PROPELLED MOTOR ¢ WIND TUNNEL MOWER HOUSE ONLY *669° ¢ 5 HP EASY START — 2 YEAR WARRANTY ing over .08 per cent in 1982. Although Ormheim said the Crown was not seeking a jail sentence since the previous con- victions occurred over seven years ago, Judge Michael Hubbard wamed Hay that he could face a three-month jail sentence for the — repeat offence. He imposed a $1,000 fine plus a $150 federal government victim indemnity surcharge. He also sus- pended Hay’s licence for two years, placed the man on probation for 12 months and ordered Hay to accept drug and alcohol counsel- ling as directed by a probation officer. Defence lawyer Bruce Goddard said Hay has not drunk alcohol since the accident. The incident followed a quarrel with Hay’s wife, after which Hay had started drinking and then driven out to the Prairie Inn, where staff refused to serve him. Hay was on his way home when emergency but the group is also ready to cope with other disasters — tanging from forest fires and large road accidents to oil spills in local waters, Reynolds added. Two-thirds of the trailer’s price tag has been paid by the three Peninsula municipalities that fund PEMO, he said. In case of a large-scale emergency, the trailer has its own portable generator, a two-way radio, first aid supplies and rescue equipment. Reynolds said he hopes to raise community awareness of this organization by displaying the trailer in the Victoria Day, Sidney Days and Central Saanich Days parades, as well as the Saanich the accident occurred, Goddard said. In addition to the court fines, Hubbard noted Hay will also face civil costs from the accident. He said Hay was fortunate the injunes “were not more serious. B CONTAINERIZED SERVICE f@ FULLY BONDED & INSURED (TEI SIDNEY fete ii MOVERS & STORAGE LTD. 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