A 29-year-old man from Dartmouth, N.S., is facing impaired driving charges after he allegedly struck a police cruiser and tried to flee from officers.
Halifax Regional Police say the incident began when they were responding to a report of a disturbance on Roleika Drive in Dartmouth at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.
“As they were turning in to a parking lot on Roleika Drive, their vehicle was nearly struck by a car coming toward them at a high rate of speed,” police said in a news release Thursday.
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Police say officers followed the car, which continued to drive at a high rate of speed, to Kennedy Drive, where the car came to a stop in a parking lot.
“A man exited from the driver’s side of the car and a woman exited from the front passenger’s side, and both fled on foot,” police said.
“Officers located them a short distance away and arrested them without incident.”
The man, whose identity wasn’t released, is facing charges of flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and impaired driving.
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He’s scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date.