A 21-year-old Oregon man is facing two criminal charges after allegedly jumping the Canadian border and leading police on a chase almost all the way to UBC.
Colin Patrick Wilson has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and flight from a peace officer.
The incident happened around 8:20 a.m. on Saturday morning, when police say Wilson drove a blue pickup truck through the border without stopping, and sped towards Vancouver.
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Surrey RCMP notified Vancouver police, who picked up the pursuit around 16th Avenue and Oak Street.
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The pickup truck driver refused to pull over, police said, and led them on a chase across the city to West 10th Avenue and Alma Street.
There, the truck collided with a Mazda sedan before crashing into an unoccupied drum store, according to police. Photos from the scene showed the truck with front-end damage and missing one wheel.
Police said the 32-year-old Mazda driver suffered minor injuries.
Wilson remains in police custody.
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