A 36-year-old man rammed multiple police cruisers with an RV while fleeing from police officers who had tried to stop the vehicle after they were told the man was driving after “consuming numerous alcoholic beverages.”
Greater Sudbury Police said around 6 p.m. on Aug. 8, officers responded to a call of an impaired driver. The RV was last seen on MR 80 in Val Caron heading toward New Sudbury.
Ten minutes later, officers found the RV and pulled it over. While speaking with the driver, officers smelled alcohol on his breath. They asked the driver to exit the vehicle. He refused, backed the RV into one of the police cruisers, then drove over the curb, almost hitting an officer, to flee.
The officers pursued the vehicle due to the aggressive actions of the driver and out of concern for the public’s safety. They followed the RV and performed a “rolling block” in order to stop the vehicle.
The driver again rammed two more police cruisers before continuing west on Morin Avenue. The driver eventually rammed into a concrete barrier and officers were able to block the vehicle.
The man exited the RV and tried to flee from police, but officers caught him a short distance from the vehicle.
He was taken to police headquarters, but refused to provide a breath sample.
He is charged numerous offences including impaired operation, three counts of mischief over $5,000, three counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, escaping lawful custody, unlawfully at large, flight from a peace officer, dangerous operation, obstruct peace officer three counts of mischief endangering life and failure or refusal to comply with a demand.
He was held in custody overnight and attended bail court on Aug. 9 to answer to the charges.
