Pickup registered to Premier Scott Moe impounded after traffic stop in Vancouver

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The premier confirmed to Global News the impounded truck is registered in his name but said he was not the driver. He called the incident “a personal matter.”

A pickup truck that was impounded after its driver allegedly ran a red light and failed a roadside sobriety test in Vancouver is registered to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, according to Global News.

Vancouver police confirmed the traffic stop just before 1 a.m. on Thursday.

“The driver was a 28-year-old man with a Saskatchewan driver’s licence,” said Vancouver police Sgt. Steve Addison in an email. “He was driving a Chevrolet Silverado pickup with Saskatchewan plates.”

The premier confirmed to Global News the impounded truck is registered in his name but said he was not the driver. He called the incident “a personal matter.”

Addison said officers checked for impairment and the unidentified driver failed, resulting in an automatic 90-day driving suspension under B.C’s Motor Vehicle Act. The vehicle was also impounded for 30 days, and the driver was ticketed for a red-light violation.

Addison said police are unable to confirm any names because no criminal charges have been laid.

Moe has a driving history that emerged as an election issue during the 2020 campaign, after the son of a 38-year-old woman killed in a 1997 crash came forward to say he had found out that Moe was the other driver.

Moe was about 23 and driving on a gravel road near Shellbrook, north of Saskatoon, when he failed to stop as he approached a highway and collided with another car, killing Jo-Anne Balog. Moe was ticketed for failing to come to a complete stop and driving without due care and attention.

In 2020, Moe met privately with Balog’s son Steve, who was with his mother at the time of the crash, following up on a provincial election campaign promise to apologize directly to the Balog family for the crash.