While it was easy for people to make jokes about “door crasher sales” and the like on social media when a truck crashed into Windsor Plywood’s fence in the early hours of Sunday morning, the effects were serious.
According to Salt Spring RCMP Corp. Steven Davidson, RCMP were called to a report of a collision at 166 Rainbow Road at approximately 3:05 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25.
“On attendance it was discovered that the collision occurred when a pickup truck collided with a parked vehicle and then into the fence at Windsor Plywood. Subsequent to the collision, the driver was investigated for impaired driving and was processed under the Provincial Immediate Roadside Prohibition program. There were no injuries to the driver or the passenger.”
A power pole was also damaged, affecting Windsor’s electrical service.
“Monday we didn’t have enough power to have the store open to public,” said store co-owner and assistant manager Jess Harkema. “We had two terminals running and dim light inside, so staff were picking orders for customers. On Monday afternoon, George Horel’s bobcat service put in our new power pole and on Monday evening in the terrible rain Motherwell Accents Electrical was here reconnecting our power.”
Store operations were back to normal on Tuesday.
“Hats off to the fire department for doing a great job securing our fence and property, along with our staff and customers, who keep supporting us no matter what happens,” said Harkema.
