An expensive catch: Carberry woman fined $203 after Pokemon Go almost causes collision

A Carberry, Man. Woman learned an expensive lesson on Wednesday it doesn't matter if it's a Squirtle or even an Arcanine, you can't catch Pokemon while you are behind the wheel.

The 21-year-old driver was charged with operating a phone while driving and fined $203.80 after trying to catch a Pokemon and nearly causing a collision in Brandon, RCMP said.

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RCMP saidTraffic Services saw a vehicle nearly cause a head-on collision at a gas station at around 2 p.m.

After she was pulled over, the woman admitted she was playing PokemonGo on her phone and told the officers that she didn't think it was illegal to use a phone in a parking lot, RCMP said.

However, the laws of the Highway Traffic Acts also apply to parking lots.

As for whether the woman caught the parking lot Pokemon, RCMP spokesperson Robert Cyrenne said, "I suspect no due to the intervention of our officers."