Police officer dragged by car that crashed into residence: N.B. RCMP – New Brunswick

RCMP say an officer was severely injured in New Brunswick after being struck by a car and dragged throughout a site visitors cease.

In accordance tp police, the officer acquired a report {that a} car stolen from Listiguj, Que., was headed in the direction of Campbellton, N.B. simply after 1 a.m. Monday.

“A member of the Campbellton RCMP detachment positioned the car a short while in a while Tingley Crescent, and initiated a site visitors cease,” RCMP mentioned in a launch.

Whereas the car’s driver “initially complied with the officer,” police allege the person “put the car in drive and tried to flee the scene” when he was instructed he was beneath arrest.

“The car collided with the police officer, who was dragged alongside the automotive till it left the roadway and crashed right into a residence,” RCMP mentioned.

The officer was taken to hospital with critical, however non-life threatening accidents.

In the meantime, a 35-year-old man from Charlo, N.B. was arrested on the scene and in addition taken to hospital with non-life threatening accidents.

The investigation is ongoing, mentioned RCMP.