Winnipeg man faces raft of charges after crash that put cops in hospital

A 25-year-old man is in custody after a Wednesday morning crash that put two Winnipeg police officers in hospital.

Police said the accused was driving a Lincoln Mark LT pickup truck — which had been stolen from Stonewall, Man., four days earlier — when he refused to follow police directions when they tried to pull him over at around 4 a.m. June 7 near Main Street and Belmont Avenue in Winnipeg. The truck smashed into the police cruiser, sending two officers to hospital with serious injuries.

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The man has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, resisting a peace officer, two counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, possessing property obtained by crime and failing to comply with conditions of a release order.

Police said Thursday morning that the two injured officers remain in hospital.

1:00 Officers injured, one person in custody after early-morning Main Street crash