Uber driver flees RIDE check: Guelph Police

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An Uber Eats driver is facing dangerous driving charges after fleeing a RIDE check Saturday night, Guelph Police say.

The driver was stopped for a sobriety check at Wellington Street and Gordon Street just before 9:30 p.m.

Guelph Police said an officer asked the driver to pull over into a nearby parking lot after he spotted an open can of beer in the cupholder.

“The driver took off at a high rate of speed, squealing his tires as he swerved around other vehicles in the RIDE check and fled southbound on Gordon Street,” police said in a media release. “An officer attempted to pull him over but the driver continued at a high rate of speed. He was located in the parking lot of his residence a short time later and arrested.”

A 42-year-old Guelph man is charged with dangerous driving, flight from police and driving with open alcohol.

Police are also investigating after another motorist fled a second RIDE check later Saturday. Officers were conducting checks on Victoria Road South near Arkell Road at 11:40 p.m. The driver of a white pick-up reportedly made a U-turn before the check and fled. An officer pursued the truck but called it off in the interest of public safety, police say.

The investigation is ongoing.