WINNIPEG – Police have arrested a man suspected of ramming into five Winnipeg police cars after a chase down the Trans-Canada Highway Monday.
The chase ended peacefully just west of Portage la Prairie around 1:30 p.m.
Police followed a B-R Transfer five-tonne truck west on Highway 1.
Bill Murray, who owns B-R Transfer, said one of his employees was driving and is the suspect.
Murray said Monday morning he got a call from 24-year-old Wayne Rennie, who had just gotten a ticket for using his cellphone while driving.
“He didn’t sound upset,” Murray said, adding he told his employee it was fine.
Murray then found out through a Global News tweet that his company vehicle had rammed police vehicles outside the Public Safety Building, he said.
Murray told Global News he then started talking to Rennie on a company two-way radio while he was driving down the Trans-Canada.
“He said he doesn’t want to hurt anybody but doesn’t care what happens to him,” said Murray.
Murray said he gave police a radio to communicate with Rennie, but he stopped talking with them.
Police have visited Murray to tell him Rennie was arrested.
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