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Tractor-trailer hits police cruiser in Ontario; Quebec driver charged

A tractor-trailer lost control and jackknifed, striking the police cruiser. @OPPCommHawkes/Twitter

A truck driver from Quebec was charged after a car ended up on top of a police cruiser in a collision on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario.

Ontario Provincial Police say officers responding to a collision on Saturday morning parked behind the crash scene with their emergency lights activated.

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They say a tractor-trailer lost control and jackknifed, striking the police cruiser.

The tractor-trailer was carrying a number of cars, which became dislodged on impact, one of them landing on top of the cruiser.

OPP say an officer inside the cruiser escaped without injury.

A 29-year-old man is charged with careless driving.

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