
Prince Albert charter bus driver accused of being impaired while 52 youth on board
A 70-year-old man with roughly ten years experience driving for Prince Albert Northern Bus Lines, is facing charges related to impaired driving after an incident in Saskatoon that involved dozens of youth.
Richard Arthur Potratz is scheduled to appear Monday afternoon at the Saskatoon provincial court.
The case dates back to the evening of March 14, when Saskatoon police were called to the area of Highway 16 and 71 Street West. They had received a report of an impaired driver operating a charter bus with 52 youth on board.
Upon arrival, officers observed the bus stopped on the roadside and located the driver, believed to be under the influence of an intoxicant, in the back seat of a personal vehicle that had been travelling behind the bus.