Traffic tickets issued after truck driver burns rubber on Grande Prairie Pride crosswalk

A truck driver in Grande Prairie was issued two tickets after skid marks were left on the city's newly-painted Pride crosswalk.

Witnesses saw a Ford truck doing burnouts at the crosswalk at 98th Street and 103rd Avenue on Thursday evening, Grande Prairie RCMP said in a press release.

Police located the truck and issued two tickets to its ownerunder the Traffic Safety Act carrying fines totalling more than $800.

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