RCMP say no major injuries reported after allegedly impaired driver smashed Yellowknife hotel lobby
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Yellowknife RCMP say that no one was seriously injured after an allegedly impaired driver rammed her car into and through the front entrance of the Explorer Hotel on Christmas Eve.
On Monday, five days after the incident, RCMP reported that they had laid several charges against 60-year-old Natallia Salodkina of Yellowknife.
Police say that at around 4:09 p.m. on Dec. 24, they got a report that a vehicle had crashed through the lobby doors of the Yellowknife hotel.
Police say the driver hit four people before her car came to a stop against the elevator shaft.
"Despite pedestrians being struck, no serious injuries were reported to police," RCMP said in a press release.
Several people were also trapped in the elevator, and were later rescued by fire crews, said police. RCMP, firefighters and paramedics attended the scene.
Police say the driver was the only person in the vehicle, and that she showed signs of impairment before failing a breath test and being taken into custody. They say she blew over three times the legal alcohol limit in breath tests.
Earlier, Ben Cox, chief operating officer of Nunastar Properties, the company that owns the hotel, also said that no staff or guests were seriously injured after the crash.
On Monday Cox said staff on site at the time would have quickly known if there had been serious injuries, and reported them.
"As long as the guests and the people and the staff are OK, then that was the important part," Cox told CBC News.
Cox added he wasn't at liberty to release any information about hotel guests, but confirmed there were no serious injuries to report among guests either.
He added he still does not know exactly what caused the crash. He said he first learned about the incident after being sent a photo showing a vehicle inside the hotel lobby.
The crash caused extensive damage to the hotel’s front entrance. The incident happened late in the day on Christmas Eve, and by about 5 p.m. the vehicle had been removed from the lobby. Online photos and video show the vehicle was a compact SUV.
The hotel’s entrance does not directly intersect with a driveway, but sits along a relatively steep access road leading up to the hotel's uppermost parking lot.
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