
Police cruisers rammed in south Nanaimo as driver takes off
NANAIMO — Local mounties are looking for the driver of a pickup truck who damaged several police vehicles while fleeing the scene of a south Nanaimo shopping centre.
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, right before 7:00 p.m., officers noticed a white Ford pickup truck idling in the South Parkway Plaza parking lot with the driver who appeared to be slumped over the steering wheel.
Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O’Brien said officers were checking to see if the driver was in medical distress or impaired, with the truck’s license plates indicating the vehicle was missing or stolen.
“Before they could, the vehicle started moving, and the driver had different intentions. It drove directly into one of the police cars, pushed it out of the way, struck another one, and then actually drove up on the pedestrian walkway in front of the local grocery store (Country Grocer) knocking over a number of containers and then took off at a high rate of speed.”