Emergency crews responding to a medical call in North Burnaby last night ended up witnessing a stolen car being t-boned by a police vehicle instead.
Firefighters and paramedics were called to the area near Frances Street and Alpha Avenue just before midnight for reports of an unconscious man in a car, according to assistant fire Chief Barry Mawhinney.
At the scene, firefighters found an unresponsive male sitting at the wheel of a car with the motor running.
Firefighters put wheel blocks down in front of the car to secure it.
But the driver woke up and tried to drive away, according to Mawhinney.
“He was eventually able to drive over the wheel blocks,” he said, “and he sped through the intersection, where his vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by an RCMP unit responding to the call.”
Officers took the driver from the vehicle and arrested him, according to Mawhinney.
Paramedics at the scene checked out both the arrested driver and the officer driving the unmarked police vehicle, but there were no injuries, according to Burnaby RCMP.
Burnaby RCMP said the car involved had been stolen.
The driver now faces a number of charges, including possession of stolen property and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
