Woman arrested for impaired driving with child in minivan

ON Tuesday night at approximately 11 o’clock, Abbotsford Police officers responded to a report of a minivan driving at a high rate of speed through red lights.

Officers initiated A traffic stop on Walker Crescent in central Abbotsford after observing the vehicle driving on its’ tire rims. Officers conducted a roadside breath test that the female driver failed.

A 24-year-old Abbotsford woman was arrested and charges for impaired operation of a vehicle have been recommended.

Officers located the woman’s five-year-old child who was unsecured in a booster seat in the backseat of the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop. The child was left in the care of its father.