A driver received a $196 ticket after his minivan ended up on a beach in Oak Bay.
Police say a driver was sober when he mounted a sidewalk curb and landed on top of a pile of sandy logs at Willows Beach in Oak Bay.
Oak Bay Police said they received a call about a suspicious vehicle on Sunday evening. An officer went to the area and saw minivan was on the beach at the north end of Esplanade.
The man was reportedly turning in the roundabout when he accidentally pressed the gas pedal out of turn and jumped the sidewalk curb onto the beach. The minivan ended up on a pile of logs, several metres away from the elevated sidewalk.
Thank goodness for low tide. This driver error led to an awkward moment at the beach in #oakbay…and a $196 fine. Thankfully no one was hurt. The skilled tow truck driver somehow got it out of there. pic.twitter.com/PrK5olr18F
— Oak Bay Police (@OakBayPolice) January 15, 2018
The driver received a $196 ticket for driving without consideration under the Motor Vehicle Act. A tow truck was able to get the minivan from the beach back onto the road.
Oak Bay Police tweeted a photo of the incident on Monday morning, calling it an “awkward moment” and saying the driver was fortunate that it was low tide when the crash happened. They also said no one was hurt.
“Not overly common…but also not the first one we’ve attended. The last one took out a pole on #oakbay Ave,” Oak Bay Police said on Twitter.
The driver inadvertently stepped on the gas pedal when turning in the roundabout. Not overly common…but also not the first one we've attended. The last one took out a pole on #oakbay Ave.
— Oak Bay Police (@OakBayPolice) January 15, 2018
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