Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP arrests impaired driver on Route 520

August 11, 2026 - Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
From: Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP

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Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP charged a 35-year-old man with impaired operation on Saturday night after he provided officers with breath samples more that two-and-a-half times the legal limit. 

Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on August 8, police received a report of a vehicle that had suspected impaired driver had gone off the road on Route 520. The driver of the vehicle, a 35-year-old Happy Valley-Goose Bay man, was not injured but did show signs of impairment.

He was arrested for impaired operation and transported to the detachment, where he provided breath samples that were over two-and-a-half times the legal limit. 

His driver’s licence was suspended, and the vehicle he was driving was seized by police and impounded. 

The man was released from custody and will appear in provincial court in November 2026 to face charges of operation while impaired and operation while impaired over 80mg%.

Impaired operation of any motor vehicle is an unnecessary choice that puts everyone on our roads at an increased and unacceptable risk of serious injury or death. If you suspect someone is driving while impaired, please immediately call 911 to make a report.

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