A Niagara Regional Police officer is recovering after being dragged by a vehicle he pulled over.
The unnamed officer stopped a car around 9:30 p.m. Thursday in the area of Drummond Road and Dunn Street after receiving reports of a vehicle driving erratically.
Police say the vehicle drove off and the officer was dragged a short distance.
The officer fired a shot at the vehicle but the driver wasn’t hurt.
- Police investigate after fatal shooting in Brampton on Thursday evening
- Former RCMP officer facing 13 charges in national security probe
- Verdict postponed in case of ex-Hydro-Québec employee accused of economic espionage
- Lawyer accused in Ryan Wedding case to stay out on bail after court dismisses review
Get daily National news
Police say the officer was taken to hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
READ MORE: No charges for police officer whose service dog bit suspect in St. Catharines chase, SIU says
Police say around 1:30 a.m. Friday a man was arrested in Niagara Falls.
Gurjot Kooner, 29, of Mississauga has been charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and assault police.
Officers are still searching for the suspect vehicle involved, described as a white, two-door, 2008 Honda Accord.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.