A 16-year-old boy from the Renous, N.B., area is facing charges after he allegedly struck a police cruiser with his vehicle then fled.
New Brunswick RCMP say on Jan. 4 officers tried to stop a vehicle travelling on Route 8.
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Police say the driver tried to avoid the police stop, struck a police vehicle, and drove his vehicle toward a police officer, then fled the scene.
Officers followed the vehicle, which they say ended up leaving the road and going into a ditch on South Renous Road.
The driver, from Smiths Crossing, N.B., was arrested at the scene.
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Police say he appeared in Miramichi provincial court on Monday to face charges of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, mischief causing danger to life, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and flight from police.
He was released on several conditions and is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 18.