Charges are pending against a semi driver after a collision with a Manitoba RCMP cruiser car Thursday.
RCMP said an officer had stopped to check on a semi that had been in a collision, when a second semi struck his car from behind.
The officer was in the cruiser with emergency lights on at the time of the incident, but wasn’t injured.
RCMP said the incident happened around 7:30 a.m. on westbound Hwy 1 in Headingley.
The driver, a 22-year-old from Kleefeld, told police he didn’t see the cruiser’s flashing lights.
Manitoba law requires drivers to move over and slow down when passing vehicles parked with emergency lights on.
If you’re driving in an 80 km/h zone, you must slow to 60 km/h and change lanes to give at least one lane of space while passing the emergency vehicle.
If you are in a 60 km/h zone or less, you must reduce your speed to 40 km/h and also give one lane of space.
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-With files from Diana Foxall
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