A wild ride came to an end when the driver of a pickup truck rear ended a sheriff's van on Monday morning.
Police said the collision occurred on Highway 16 near Vance Road, shortly after 9:15 a.m. when RCMP in the city were notified that a suspected impaired driver was heading north on Highway 97 from the Quesnel area.
An officer in B.C. RCMP traffic services drove south to intercept and came across a black Dodge pickup fitting the description and hitting a speed of over 150 km/h. When the driver refused to stop, the officer radioed ahead to alert police within city limits.
The driver was arrested at the scene of the collision. The truck's passenger and occupants of the van, escaped injury.
The file remains under investigation and B.C. RCMP traffic services is asking anyone with information regarding this incident, including any dashboard camera video of the collision or events leading up to it, to contact the unit at 250-649-4004.
