A person is in custody following a dramatic police pursuit in Calgary’s northeast Monday morning.
Police said they were called to a report of an assault involving mace at around 7:30 a.m. in the 500-block of Aboyne Crescent N.E.
When officers arrived at the home, a vehicle fled the scene and drove over a boulevard, resulting in the car blowing out a tire.
Police said the car drove dangerously throughout northeast Calgary and out to Chestermere, before returning to the city.
Video captured around 7:55 a.m. from our Global 1 helicopter showed several police vehicles chasing a grey Nissan vehicle.
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Video from the scene showed the vehicle crashing at the corner 26 Avenue and 66 Street N.E. shortly before 8 a.m.
Police then moved in and took a person into custody.
The Nissan can be seen smashing into a parked vehicle about a block away from where it came to a stop.
A woman who identified herself as that vehicle’s owner said she heard the fleeing vehicle strike hers, and came outside to later witness the arrest.
“I heard the sound when he hit the car. So I came from the garage to see the damage and I saw police catch him,” said the vehicle owner.
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Vic Sharma has lived in the area for 14 years.
Police said the service’s policy on fleeing vehicles is that a pursuit has to be approved by a duty inspector; it’s not a blanket policy.
With files from Global News’ Sarah Offin
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