A 25-year-old man is dealing with a number of charges after attempting to drive over police vehicles in an allegedly stolen car, police say, in an incident extensively shared on social media after it happened in Mississauga Tuesday.
It occurred simply after 6:30 p.m. at Westwood Sq. close to Goreway Drive and Etude Drive, Const. Nikhil Chakravarthy informed Ontario Chronicle in an interview.
“This was a really dynamic state of affairs,” Chakravarthy stated. “There was a severe potential for not solely passersby however officers and the person himself to get injured critically from his behaviour.
“Actually, it is unbelievable that the officers have been in a position to resolve this incident with out anybody sustaining any accidents,” he stated — although a police information launch issued Wednesday afternoon stated the accused within the case suffered minor accidents.
Police have been first known as to the world after receiving studies that an individual in possession of weapons and driving a Ford Bronco had returned to that location after stealing from a close-by retailer a couple of weeks in the past.
Officers discovered the SUV at a Tim Horton’s drive-thru and decided that it had been stolen in London, Ont., Chakravarthy stated. Police vehicles surrounded the car to cease the driving force from taking off — and quite a few movies shot on the scene posted on social media present him then attempting to get away.
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Man charged after attempting to drive over police vehicles
A witness describes the second he watched a person in an allegedly stolen car attempt to drive over Peel Regional Police cruisers. As CBC’s Dale Manucdoc explains, the 25-year-old driver is now dealing with a number of charges.
“Our officers managed to pin the car in to stop the driving force from fleeing, however as you’ll be able to see within the now-viral movies, the driving force tries desperately to interrupt free — and at one level even mounts the entrance finish of one of many cruisers,” Chakravarthy stated.
Witness David Porca informed Ontario Chronicle that he was pulling into the car parking zone round that point and noticed the SUV on high of one of many police automobiles.
“He was attempting to get away — going reverse … driving, smashed one of many vehicles within the again,” he stated.
The person then tried to get out via the passenger facet window of the SUV, Porca stated, earlier than one officer fired a Taser at him.
“They blocked him in correctly … they did a great job doing that,” he stated. “I might by no means seen something like that.”
Steven Summerville, a former workers sergeant with Toronto police and a former workers teacher on the Ontario Police School, lauded the way in which the officers concerned dealt with the state of affairs, stopping accidents or the prospect of a high-speed chase.
“They stopped this case earlier than it may begin … that is bang proper on,” Summerville stated.
A 25-year-old Brampton man was charged with three counts of possessing property obtained by crime, flight from and obstruction of a peace officer and harmful operation of a car.
He was held for a bail listening to.
