Winnipeg man fined for driving past flood barricade, getting stranded in water


Manitoba RCMP are reminding all drivers to respect highway barricades which might be blocking folks from driving in flooded areas.


This reminder comes after officers acquired a name on Thursday from a person requiring help whereas he was caught in his automotive within the water.


RCMP acquired the decision at 8:15 a.m. that the person was stranded on Provincial Highway 200 simply north of St. Adolphe.


"The caller indicated that water was coming into his automobile, that it had reached his steering wheel, and that he could not get out by way of the doorways or home windows," RCMP mentioned in a launch.


Officers responded to the world and firefighters had been capable of rescue the person, 21, who's from Winnipeg.


RCMP discovered he had pushed previous barricades on the highway and he grew to become caught.


"Everyone knows that there's overland flooding all through areas of our province and that this flooding has resulted in plenty of closures," mentioned Corp. Julie Courchaine in a information launch. "The barricades are in place to maintain everybody protected. Nobody ought to ever attempt to bypass them below any circumstance."


RCMP mentioned the person was given a $237 ticket for ignoring the barricade.

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