He will be facing several charges

The man was arrested nearby shortly after the crash

A 26-year-old man was arrested after driving his SUV into a police cruiser before fleeing

NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A man has been arrested after ramming his SUV into a police cruiser and driving away Monday morning.

In a release, North Vancouver RCMP say an officer noticed the man driving a Dodge Durango erratically around 8:40 a.m. near Fell Avenue and Automall Drive.

When the driver noticed the Mountie, he tried to drive away “at a high rate of speed” before circling back toward the officer and crashing into the police cruiser.

The man drove away and the officer initially followed him before stopping the pursuit in order to “prevent further risk to the public.”

One of our officers was injured this AM while investigating an erratic driver. The driver rammed his cruiser and then fled. We arrested him 30 min later & will fwd Assault w/a Weapon & 2 other charges. Officer is ok and will recover. Scary though! Release: https://t.co/xxgTG3z4UT pic.twitter.com/uwCZ09SQkg — North Vancouver RCMP (@nvanrcmp) April 6, 2020



About thirty minutes later and within a kilometre of the initial crash, police found the man standing outside his vehicle, which wasn’t able to get far considering the damage.

The 26-year-old man from Princeton was arrested “without incident” and will be facing several charges.

One officer was hurt during the incident.