Police chase truck igniting sparks from Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie
Truck caught on video driving at high speeds shooting off sparks
Police arrested a person early Monday morning after they drove erratically through Winnipeg and then west of the city with a truck that appeared to have a tire missing, attracting attention as sparks shot off the road.
RCMP officers deployed a spike belt on the west side of Portage la Prairie, Man., and arrested the driver, who was then turned over to Winnipeg police, said RCMP media relations officer Sgt. Paul Manaigre in an email.
Multiple people on social media shot videos of the truck, sometimes driving in the wrong lane, shooting sparks off the road and being pursued by numerous Winnipeg police officers at about 12:30 a.m.
Natalie Paziuk was among those who witnessed the chase.
She was driving back into Winnipeg going eastbound after a day trip out of the city when she saw a line of police cruisers and a truck missing a tire coming toward her vehicle in the area of Portage Avenue and Overdale Street.
"It's throwing sparks like 10 feet behind the truck, and then we realize it's coming directly for us in our lane," she told CBC News in an interview on Monday.
"We had to make a sharp left to get out of his way and the cops way and he blew by going at least 120 [km/h]... I don't know how he was making the corners because he was missing a whole tire."
Paziuk says she is relieved she and her friend thought quickly and got out of the way.
It's not known if anyone was injured during the police pursuit.
RCMP wouldn't provide any additional information, and directed further questions to Winnipeg police. They said a news release would be issued Tuesday.
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