A Prince George man has been prohibited from driving for five years for running rampant while behind the wheel of a full-sized pickup truck last summer.
Keenan Michael Richard Gatey, 51, was also sentenced to a five-month conditional sentence order followed by seven months probation for the July 6, 2019 incident when RCMP responded to calls of the truck crashing into vehicles along Ospika Boulevard and Massey Drive.
Guided by callers, RCMP found a pickup at rest at Massey Drive and Opie Crescent with both front tires deflated. Police said the driver fled but, with the help of witnesses, RCMP tracked him down.
The suspect underwent a 12-step evaluation conducted by a drug recognition expert who concluded he was impaired. A urine sample was also obtained for analysis.
Police also said the vehicle was uninsured and with licence plates belonging to another vehicle and the driver had been prohibited from driving from a previous incident. In December 2015, he was prohibited from driving for six months for driving without reasonable consideration under the Motor Vehicle Act.
Gatey was sentenced August 11 in Prince George provincial court on one count each of dangerous driving causing bodily harm - downgraded from impaired driving causing bodily harm - and failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing bodily harm.
Conditional sentences are served at home with a curfew in place.
