FREDERICTON — A 27-year-old Alberta man is in custody following an early morning low-speed pursuit on the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick involving a backhoe.
RCMP Const. Derek Black says police were called around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday about a backhoe on the highway west of Fredericton that was impeding traffic and didn't have any lights on.
Black says the driver was only travelling about 10 kilometres per hour, but refused to stop.
He says the backhoe was finally stopped with the help of the Fredericton Police Force and a spikebelt.
Police say alcohol is believed to have been a factor.
Black says the backhoe damaged some asphalt and a number of guardrails over a distance of about 15 kilometres.
Ross Mathers, general manager of Maritime Road Development Corp., the private company that maintains that section of highway, says there is damage in about 10 locations.
Damage is estimated at about $15,000 and he says repairs have begun.
The backhoe was also damaged.
