A 21-year-old man is facing numerous charges after allegedly driving a stolen car into an unmarked police car.
Police were notified about a stolen vehicle being driven in the 500 block of Stella Avenue in Winnipeg shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Police say its officers tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver intentionally drove head on and hit an unmarked cruiser car when its lights were flashing.
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The two officers inside the car suffered minor injuries because of the crash.
The driver took of in the vehicle, eventually hitting a hydro pole and then fled on foot.
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Police arrested him in the area of Flora Avenue and Parr Street.
Antonio Andrew Quijada Lavalle, 21, is facing two counts of Assaulting a peace officer with weapon or causing bodily harm, Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Flight from a police officer.
Lavalle has been detained at the Provincial Remand Centre.
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