New Brunswick RCMP are asking for public’s help to locate a man after fled from police, striking a police cruiser in the process.
According to police, officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a business in Salisbury, N.B. on Wednesday.
When they arrived police identified the van as a vehicle Stephen Cyr, 34, was known to drive.
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Cyr had previously failed to attend a court appearance on Nov. 1, 2017 and had an active warrant for his arrest.
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Officers attempted to speak to the driver of the vehicle but the van took off, striking two cars one of which was a marked police vehicle.
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The driver narrowly avoided several pedestrians as they were driving away.
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