2 men ejected from stolen truck’s box seriously injured after vehicle crashes with unmarked cruiser
Two men were seriously injured after they were ejected from the box of a stolen truck that crashed with an unmarked cruiser during a police chase in Winnipeg over the weekend, Manitoba’s police watchdog said.
The Independent Investigation Unit said the owner of a truck was on Dudley Avenue near Lilac and Stafford streets on Saturday around 7:45 p.m., when he saw a pair of teenagers trying to steal his vehicle.
The man and one of his friends jumped into the truck’s box as the suspects started driving the vehicle at a high rate of speed, the police watchdog said in a news release.
The two men called 911 from the back of the vehicle, providing directions of their location to the dispatcher that allowed officers to reach the area.
The men tried to jump off from the vehicle, but due to the erratic driving and extreme rates of speed they had to stay on the truck’s box, police said in a news release Monday.
The vehicle came in contact with tire deflation device near Brandon Avenue and Osborne Street, deployed by police. But the police watchdog said the truck continued driving at high-speed rate westbound.
The truck then struck an unmarked police canine unit. The two men who were on the back of the truck were thrown out from the vehicle’s box.
The owner of the truck suffered numerous fractures including the clavicle, skull and spine.
Meanwhile, an officer who was on the canine unit was injured on the crash. He was treated for injuries and has since been released from hospital.
Police said a dog who was on the unmarked unit was not hurt.
Both suspects sustained non-serious injuries. They were both treated for minor injuries and released from hospital.
‘Sounded like an explosion’: neighbour
Mike Young was at home watching TV on his couch when the crash happened.
“[It] sounded like an explosion,” Young said.
Bruce Houston was inside his apartment when the crash happened at his building’s doorstep. He said neighbours rushed out, looking out for their loved ones as some of them thought they were injured in the crash.
Houston also went out on Saturday night and said he saw people lying on the ground beside the smashed pickup truck.
“I’ve seen accidents in front of the building before, but nothing like this,” he said. “This is unbelievable.”
Then a slew of cruisers flocked to the intersection, tapping off the scene, while some others loaded up those injured into stretchers.
“It was like a war zone. It was unbelievable,” he said. “I don’t want to ever see it again.
The crash also damaged the outside of a church near Osborne Street and Brandon Avenue.
Tim Harris, pastor at Christian Fellowship Chapel, said the truck driver rammed through the church’s lawn, smashing into a wheelchair ramp and a park bench on Saturday’s crash.
“It’s completely demolished,” Harris said.
“It was quite the shock to come to church and see this,” he said, adding service ran as usual on Sunday while the chapel’s property and finance committee figured out how to replace what was damaged during the crash.
Victims, accused known to each other
The suspects were arrested on Saturday near the scene of the crash, police said, adding both the accused and victims of the crash were previously known to each other.
A 15-year-old girl has since been charged with theft over $5,000, while a 17-year-old boy faces 10 charges, including two counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance and two counts of causing bodily harm by criminal negligence.
Witnesses are asked to contact the police watchdog at 1-844-667-6060 with information or video footage of the incident.
Two people are in hospital with serious injuries after a weekend crash on Osborne street. It all started with a stolen pick up truck and the men who tried to stop it.
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