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Police officer charged after crash between cruiser and another vehicle in Winnipeg

A two-vehicle crash involving a Winnipeg police cruiser — which also hit a building — has led to charges against the officer who was driving.

Crash sent 3 to hospital — 2 officers and a civilian

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A police officer puts down evidence markers at the scene of a crash, where a police cruiser hit a building at the corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Donald Street.
A police cruiser smashed into a building at the corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Donald Street after a collision involving a civilian vehicle in April. (Riley Laychuk/CBC)

A two-vehicle crash involving a Winnipeg police cruiser — which also hit a building — has led to charges against the officer who was driving.

Const. Landan Ramage is charged with failing to use a siren and failing to drive with due regard to safety, the Independent Investigation Unit said in a news release on Wednesday, following an investigation that started shortly after the crash.

A civilian vehicle and the police SUV that Ramage was driving crashed at the intersection of Notre Dame Avenue and Donald Street around 6 p.m. on April 16.

The cruiser then hit a building at the corner.

The driver of the private vehicle suffered a fractured rib and was sent to hospital, the police watchdog said in its news release.

Police officers set down markers in an intersection at the scene of a crash. A police cruiser is in the background, its doors open, with the front end smashed into a building.
Police officers set down markers at Notre Dame Avenue and Donald Street as they investigate the crash. (Riley Laychuk/CBC)

Two police officers were also sent to hospital for examination and later released.

As the matter is now before the courts, the Independent Investigation Unit will not comment further, it said in the news release.

The IIU  investigates all serious incidents involving police officers in Manitoba.

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