One man has been arrested after an Ontario Provincial Police officer was struck and dragged by a vehicle during a routine traffic stop in Mississauga.

Peel Regional Police say the incident happened just before 9 a.m. at Hwy. 403 and Hurontario St., where an OPP officer and a car he had stopped were involved.

“When he was conducting the traffic stop, the vehicle that he had pulled over had dragged him a (short) distance,” Peel police Const. Baljit Saini said.

Const. Mark Fischer said the male was arrested in between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. after the suspect vehicle was found unoccupied.

He said no charges have been laid as the investigation is still ongoing.

The car was last seen fleeing northbound on Hurontario St. and it was located around 1 p.m. at Hurontario St. and Trailwood Dr. which is about a 10-minute drive from the incident.

Fischer said the car was in a parking lot of an apartment building.

“The car has now been taken in for forensics.”

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said Const. Patrick Chatelain left the hospital just before 6 p.m. and he is now recovering at home.

He was initially rushed to Sunnybrook hospital with serious injuries but he is expected to make a full recovery.

Chatelain has been with the service for four years and is part of the Port Credit detachment.

Saini said there were four people in the vehicle when it hit the officer. The car is described as a charcoal grey Chrysler 300 with black rims and a Quebec licence plate FLK8756.

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Anyone with information is asked to call Peel police or Crime Stoppers.

Some Hwy. 403 on- and off-ramps in the areas were closed for the police investigation but have since reopened.

Correction – September 7, 2017: This article was edited from a previous version that misspelled the name of Trailwood Dr.