SUV hits RCMP cruiser, two arrested
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Two people from Dakota Tipi First Nation are facing charges after an SUV hit a police cruiser in Portage la Prairie on Tuesday evening.
The driver of the Chevrolet Equinox failed to stop when police tried to pull the vehicle over on Crescent Road at 6:15 p.m., Manitoba RCMP said in a news release Thursday. Shortly after, the driver of an unmarked RCMP vehicle on 3rd Street Northeast saw the SUV lose control, with the Equinox hitting a curb and nearly going onto a sidewalk.
The Mountie followed the SUV to the former Manitoba Developmental Centre site and tried to pull it over in a roundabout. The Equinox struck the unmarked cruiser while going the wrong way in the roundabout, and the driver sped away, RCMP said.
A short time later, the SUV went through a red light at 3rd Street southeast at Saskatchewan Avenue, hitting a parked truck with no one inside. Both vehicles sustained significant damage, RCMP said.
The two people in the SUV were arrested and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A 21-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman are both facing charges.