Investigation
SiRT Concludes Investigation into Serious Injury in New Glasgow
Date Published: 2025-11-04
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: New Glasgow Police Service
Summary
On April 27, 2025, at approximately 12:24pm, a New Glasgow Regional Police officer (the Subject Officer (SO) activated his lights and sirens and attempted a traffic stop of a grey truck on Temperance Street that matched the description of a stolen vehicle. The driver of the truck did not stop and accelerated through a stop sign, nearly causing a collision. The SO turned off his emergency equipment, and the truck continued to travel north at a high rate of speed and collided with a taxi that was traveling east on MacLean Street. The driver of the truck, the Affected Party (AP), fled the scene on foot. The SO arrested him a short distance away. After arrest, the AP was taken to hospital and was diagnosed with a broken collarbone. Noone in the taxi was injured.
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