Man charged with impaired driving after collision involving police cruiser
Posted Oct 6, 2019 02:19:00 PM.
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An officer of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police escaped serious injuries after a car collided into his cruiser.
On Saturday October 5, just after 12:45 a.m., OPP officers were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) check on King Street and Delta, when a northbound vehicle crashed into a parked police car, with the officer still inside. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene on foot, only to be arrested shortly after.
Both the officer and the other driver were taken to hospital and were released after being treated for injuries.
23-year-old Brett Harrigan of Portland, Ontario has been charged with:
- Driving with more than 80mg of alcohol in his blood
- Assault with intent to resist arrest
- Flight from Peace Officer
- Operation while impaired
- Assault a Peace Officer
- Dangerous operation
The driver has been released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brockville, at a later date.
