Man taken to hospital after crash with stolen vehicle in southeast Edmonton

A Ford truck hit a piece of construction equipment on Orchards Boulevard and Hawthorn Way on Friday morning.

In an update, Edmonton police said a 20-year-old man was driving a stolen Ford pickup truck and struck a zoom boom at around 6:15 a.m.

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The driver was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

“A number of charges are pending against the driver,” said Edmonton police.

Police believe impairment was a factor in this collision.