Speeding driver crashes into dealership, causes $300K in damage: Summerside police

A Summerside Police Services vehicle is pictured. (Source: X/Summerside Police Services)

A serious crash at a car dealership in Summerside, P.E.I., early Sunday morning is under investigation.

Police say a vehicle was travelling westbound on Water Street East about two-and-a-half times the speed limit around 12:30 a.m.

An attempt to pull the vehicle over was ended “due to safety concerns.”

The same vehicle was found a short time later following a crash at the Summerside Chrysler Dodge on Water Street.

Police say the driver failed to safely navigate a northbound turn onto MacEwen Road, lost control and crashed into three vehicles in the dealership lot.

The 22-year-old Summerside man was arrested at the scene.

Police say a blood sample was taken and analysis is pending.

He was taken to Prince County Hospital by Island EMS for assessment and later released from custody.

The man is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

Police say he will face the following charges:

• dangerous driving
• flight from police
• impaired driving

He was also suspended from driving for a day and his vehicle was impounded.

“Three dealership vehicles, with a combined estimated value of approximately three hundred thousand dollars, were deemed to be a write off, as was the driver’s vehicle,” reads a news release from Summerside Police Services.

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