At 8:15 p.m., on May 13, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a call of a vehicle driving erratically and then crashing on 5th Street NE in Portage la Prairie.

Media Liaison Officer Constable Larry Neufeld says the vehicle hit a curb and then a tree. Several occupants then fled the area.

He notes the officers were able to make contact with a 20-year-old man who owned the vehicle at his residence. Police say he was intoxicated when the officers were speaking with him. Neufeld says at this time there were no eyewitnesses to see who was driving the vehicle and the owner was not forthcoming with information.

The owner of the vehicle was given a ticket for failing to report an accident worth $203.