An officer had to use a Taser to arrest a driver who allegedly assaulted two Good Samaritans after the pair tried to help him at the scene of a collision early Friday morning, police said.

The driver rolled his car over into a ditch on Highway 403, near Eglinton Ave. E., shortly after 3 a.m, Ontario Provincial Police said.

Police alleged that as cars were driving slowly by the collision scene, the driver tried to force his way into some of their vehicles.

OPP Const. Lauren Ball told mississauga.com that an Uber driver stopped to assist the man and was physically assaulted. A female passenger in the backseat got out of the Uber vehicle, called the police, and attempted to flee but was also assaulted.

The Good Samaritans, along with the driver, were taken to hospital with minor injuries, Peel paramedics said.

Peel police said an officer used a Taser on the driver. Whether he was impaired by drugs or alcohol will be part of the investigation, Ball said.

The OPP said their investigation is ongoing and charges are pending.

With files from Raneem Alozzi Sherina Harris is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @sherinaharris

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