Montreal, Canada - Police Car Stolen from Bar Fight - Chase - Crash - Pedestrian Injured From Police Car

Man steals cop car for joyride
The Gazette
Sunday, September 30, 2007


An ill-conceived joyride led to injuries Sunday morning in the Plateau borough after a man stole a police vehicle and crashed into a parked car.


As police were breaking up a fight outside a bar on St. Laurent Blvd. north of Mont Royal Ave. about 3:40 a.m., a passerby who was completely uninvolved in the incident snuck into the officers' vehicle and drove off, Montreal police Constable Andre Leclerc said.

The man, in his 40s, then jumped out of the moving vehicle after a few metres. As he was trying to run away from the officers pursuing him, he ended up hitting his head on the pavement and was brought to a hospital unconscious.

Meanwhile, the patrol car kept moving and crashed into a woman in her 20s who was about to get into a parked car. She was brought to a hospital with injuries to her arm and pelvis.

Both the suspect and the victim were not seriously injured, Leclerc said.

The man was arrested and will be charged with theft and criminal negligence.

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