It’s going to be a while before a novice driver in Sudbury gets his ‘G’ licence after a police chase in the city ended up with a vehicle in the ditch and numerous charges.
The incident began just before 6:35 p.m. April 3, when a Sudbury police officer was driving a marked police cruiser near Paris and Brady streets.
Police then saw a vehicle being “driven at a high rate of speed” went through a red light at the intersection.
“The officer activated the emergency lights and siren on the cruiser to conduct a traffic stop, however, the driver failed to stop and continued to drive the vehicle between 80-100km/h on Paris Street,” police said in a news release Friday.
Drove through red light
“The driver then failed to stop at the red light at the intersection of Paris Street at Van Horne Street, made a left turn onto Van Horne Street and then failed to stop at the stop sign at Howey Drive. The officer discontinued the pursuit out of a concern for public safety due to the driver’s aggressive driving behaviour.”
Not long after, the vehicle hit a snowbank on Morris Street and the driver fled the scene on foot.
“Officers in the area saw the individual get into another vehicle on Howey Drive,” police said.
“Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and found the individual inside the car.”
The 20-year-old is charged with fleeing police, dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of an accident, two counts of failing to stop at a red light, disobeying a stop sign, being a G1 driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver and failing to change his address on his licence.
He was held in custody overnight and will appear in bail court Friday.
