A 33-year-old man is facing charges after he was caught drinking a White Claw while driving in the fast lane of Highway 401 near Dixie Road in Mississauga.
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#TorontoOPP attempted to stop a vehicle for HTA violations. Driver failed to stop and damaged two police vehicles before crashing into a commercial property. Two people in custody, driver to hospital with minor injuries, no injuries to officers. Charges pending. Jane/Falstaff pic.twitter.com/lnxZ7bdQHX OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP HSD) May 26, 2021
Other OPP officers in the area located the vehicle a short distance away near Gordon MacKay Rd. and Suntract Rd., where the OPP said it came into contact with a second police cruiser.
The Mercedes collided with construction material on Suntract Rd.
Two suspects were taken into custody, with the driver transported to hospital with minor injuries.
About a kilometre-and-a-half down the road, the car turned down a dead-end street where it crashed through construction materials and came to rest against a Mazda Tribute parked out front of commercial property.
Update from Jane and Falstaff after officers from #TorontoOPP attempted to stop a vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act violation. pic.twitter.com/RUO6aAOgIN OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP HSD) May 26, 2021
Two men were arrested and have since been charged, including for alleged crimes committed with the nefarious-looking tools pictured in the front seat of the car.
The 29-year-old driver faces charges of attempt murder, obstruction of a peace officer, possession of stolen property over $5,000, dangerous driving, flight from police, possession of break and enter instruments, and failure to comply with court orders.
Toronto driver charged with attempted murder after ramming 2 police cruisers
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A 29-year-old man from Brampton is in serious, serious trouble today after driving his luxury vehicle into not one, but two (or more) police cruisers early Wednesday morning.
Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says that OPP officers observed a vehicle with a possible highway traffic violation around 4 a.m. on Wednesday along Jane Street just south of Falstaff.
Officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, but Schmidt says the car failed to stop and that it actually rammed one of the police vehicles before fleeing.
Two people have been taken into custody after a vehicle crashed into two O.P.P. cruisers on Wednesday morning. The incident happened at Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue, just south of Highway 401, around 5 a.m. Provincial police say officers were trying to stop a vehicle for highway traffic act violations, but it ended up damaging […]