A Calgary police officer was injured on Friday evening at work when his vehicle was struck by an alleged driver on the road to the city cycle.
THE Calgary police service said the accident occurred around 8:45 p.m. on the tracks south of Trail Stoney Se at 88 Street is
A CPS patrol officer was in the middle of a traffic stop when their vehicle was struck from behind.
The police said that the officer was seated in the driver’s seat of their cruiser, with activated emergency lights on Stoney Trail’s right shoulder when a 2015 Caravan Dodge collided with the cruiser at an unknown speed rate.
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The impact of the accident caused significant damage to the cruiser, and CPS said that the officer should be extracted from the vehicle.
They were transported to hospital with non -fatal minor injuries.
The strength of the collision also slid the cruiser forward and collide with the vehicle he had initially stopped. The police said that the driver of this vehicle had not been injured.
The Dodge Caravan driver was not injured, the police said, and was arrested on the scene.
“This incident is a brutal reminder of the dangers associated with the application of traffic -based traffickers and all road users on high -speed and high volume roads,” said the chief. Mark Neufeld said in a statement.
Nolan Taylor Watt, 37, was accused of a conduct of driving with the weakened faculty of a motor vehicle, driving a motor vehicle with a concentration of blood alcohol levels exceeding 80 milligrams and an alteration of the operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily lesions.
He was to appear in court on Tuesday, May 6.
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