Two people are facing impaired driving charges after police cruisers were struck in two separate collisions overnight.
According to police, sometime around 12:30 a.m., three vehicles, including one parked cop car, were invovled in a crash near Finch Avenue West and Rumike Road. Police say a female driver fled the scene of the accident on foot but was located by officers a short time later.
She was taken in to custody and charged with impaired driving, investigators say.
Two people are facing impaired driving charges after police cruisers were struck in two separate collisions overnight. (Mike Nguyen/ CP24)
One officer sustained minor injuries.
In a second collision that took place less than an hour later, a male driver ran through a road block set up for the previous collision, striking a police car and traffic post.
The crash took place near Ardwick Boulevard, located in the area of Weston Road and Finch Avenue.
That driver, police say, was also arrested and charged with impaired driving.
No injuries were reported in the second crash.
Source: CP24