FREDERIC SERRE
The 1019 Report

Nearly three years after crashing his SUV into a ditch in St. Polycarpe, a Rigaud man faced a Quebec Court judge in Valleyfield on Aug. 9, where he was slapped with a $3,000 fine and forbidden from driving a vehicle for a year after admitting to being drunk behind the wheel on the evening of the accident.

Sébastien Primeau lost control of his SUV shortly before 6 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2021, and crashed into a ditch on Ste. Catherine St. He was the lone occupant of the vehicle and emerged uninjured.

Primeau immediately called 911 to say that he had fallen asleep and crashed his vehicle. However, when police arrived, he admitted to having consumed alcohol while watching a baseball game nearby. He was arrested and taken to the Sûreté du Québec detachment in Vaudreuil-Dorion, where he was given a breathalyzer test.

The court imposed a $3,000 fine, to be paid within the year, along with a 12-month driving prohibition. Primeau’s licence was confiscated, and he will have to refrain from getting behind the wheel of any motor vehicle in Canada for the next year.