Prince Albert police officer dragged by truck while making arrest: RCMP

Saskatchewan RCMP say a Prince Albert RCMP officer was dragged by a truck while attempting to make arrest on Sturgeon Lake First Nation this week.

RCMP said in a news release on April 11, that Prince Albert RCMP officers were helping Warman RCMP with an investigation into what they said was a stolen truck and break and enter in Corman Park on April 9 around 2:40 a.m. and found the vehicle at a home on Sturgeon Lake First Nation.

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Police said when they approached the truck, the woman who was driving began to reverse of a driveway, dragging the officer with the vehicle, adding that the driver then drove forward, hitting an occupied RCMP police vehicle. No one was injured, RCMP said.

Other officers removed the driver from the truck and arrested her, police said, while four other occupants of the truck ran into the nearby bush. The four were found with the help of a Prince Albert RCMP police dog about an hour later.

The driver of the truck, a 17-year-old woman who cannot be named because of her age, has been charged with two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, possession of stolen property of a value over $5,000, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, mischief damage to property over $5,000, and failing to comply with conditions of release relating to earlier charges of fleeing from police in a motor vehicle.

The woman appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court on April 10 and is scheduled to appear again on April 14.

The passengers were released without charge.

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