A 38-year-old man now faces a list of charges after a crash on Hwy. 401 in London that brought to an end an alleged abduction incident that began in Cambridge.
Around 8pm Sunday, an SUV collided with two OPP cruisers in the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 near Colonel Talbot Rd. then rolled in the ditch.
Provincial police had been looking for the SUV after being notified by Waterloo Regional Police that a man had taken the child during a domestic dispute in Cambridge and was heading west on Hwy. 401. OPP officers spotted the SUV near Putnam Rd. and tried to stop it several times.
After colliding with the two cruisers, the SUV hit the median wall then rolled. The child, a one-year-old girl, was thrown from the SUV but somehow managed to suffer non-life threatening injuries. She was treated at hospital and released.
The driver tried to run from the scene, but was arrested. He was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
He was taken into police custody and is now charged with:
- Assault with a weapon (two counts)
- Resisting a peace officer
- Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle (two counts)
- Abandoning a child
- Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm
- Driving while under suspension
- Driving while passenger under 16 fails to occupy position with seatbelt
