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By James Peters

Suspect in Custody

RAW VIDEO: Downtown Kamloops crash Thursday followed traffic stop, flight from police

Jul 16, 2021 | 2:59 PM

KAMLOOPS — RCMP have a suspect in custody after a botched escape from police that ended up in a crash at a downtown Kamloops intersection.

WATCH: A suspect is brought into custody after Thursday’s collision. (Video Credit: Contributed)

In a news release, RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey says officers were called to the 400-block of Lansdowne Street at about 1:16 p.m. Thursday (July 15) for the report of two suspicious vehicles in a parking garage. A silver Saturn sedan there had no license plates, and when officers ran the license plate of a white Ford F-250, they found the plate had been reported stolen.

A frontline officer tried to conduct a traffic stop of the pickup, but it suddenly reversed into the police cruiser before sped away from the area.

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O’Donaghey says officers decided not to pursue the vehicle out of safety concerns.

Just moments later, the pickup truck collided with a white Mazda at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Columbia Street. The truck continued after the collision, rolling over a parked Harley-Davidson motorcycle nearby and crunching a residential fence before coming to rest.

The driver of the pickup ran off on foot, but was arrested a short time later, not far from the scene. Witness video shows officers escorting the suspect from a property in the 600-block of Columbia Street.

B.C. Ambulance attendants took the driver of the Mazda to hospital with injuries believed to be non-life threatening.

The suspect, who is 33 years old and from Kamloops, is a prohibited driver allegedly breaching his probation. He was set to appear in court Friday on a number of new charges.

Any witnesses to Thursday’s incident are asked to contact Kamloops RCMP at (250) 828-3000.