Little Bay East Man is Convicted of Impaired Driving Causing Bodily Harm

On Thursday 52-year-old Percy Clarke was convicted of a number of criminal offences at Provincial Court in Grand Bank.

The convictions include impaired driving causing bodily harm.

On May 11, RCMP responded to a 911 call indicating that a woman had been run over by a vehicle.

Police attended, conducted an investigation and arrested Clarke, who failed to remain at the scene of the collision. He was charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm having a blood-alcohol level that was above the legal limit (80 mg%), dangerous driving, leaving the scene of an accident and three counts of careless storage of a firearm.

He was convicted on all charges and the matter has been set over for the purpose of sentencing.