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Burnaby RCMP Seek Driver After Vehicle Rear-Ends RCMP Cruiser, Injures Mountie

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Jun, 2016 12:38 PM
    BURNABY, B.C. — Burnaby RCMP plan to interview the registered owner of a suspect vehicle after a late-night collision injured a Mountie.
     
    Insp. Bruce Anderson says the officer was in his unmarked cruiser at the side of Highway 1 in Burnaby, completing paperwork from an unrelated traffic stop.
     
    Another vehicle rammed the rear of the cruiser at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday.
     
    Both vehicles were damaged and the officer suffered possible neck injuries.
     
    Anderson says the Mountie was taken to hospital but his injuries are not considered serious.
     
    The driver of the second car fled and has not yet been located.
     
    Photo: Gian-Paolo Mendoza

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