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| Date: December 15, 2010 | ||
| TWO NABBED AFTER STOLEN VEHICLE CRASHES | ||
| Windsor Police have two men in custody after the stolen
van they were in rolled several times on the EC Row Expressway late last
night. At 11:10 p.m. on Tuesday December 14, 2010, uniformed
patrol officers responded to the E.C. Row Expressway just west of Lauzon
Parkway for a report of a single vehicle accident where a minivan rolled
several times in the median. Officers in the immediate area
arrived on the scene almost immediately and observed a man running from
the van north bound across the lanes of the Expressway and then jump a
fence going toward Quality Way. Responding officers also observed
another man attempting to crawl out of the passenger side of the van as
it had come to rest on its roof partially blocking the east bound lanes
of E.C. Row. The man had suffered a minor contusion to his head
but was otherwise not injured. Officers observed that the ignition of the van had been tampered with and after contacting the registered owner, determined that the van had been stolen sometime earlier from a parking lot in the 2600 block of Meadowbrook Lane. As a result of the rollover, the 1994 Plymouth Voyageur was completely demolished. Officers received information that the suspect seen running from the vehicle may have gone to an address in the 2600 block of Sycamore St. Officers attended an apartment building in the 2600 block of Sycamore St. and arrested the same suspect they had seen earlier running from the stolen vehicle, from inside an apartment within the building. This suspect was bleeding from a laceration to the back of his head. Both suspects were transported to Hotel Dieu Hospital where they were treated and released. Two Windsor men - age 30 and 22 years are charged with one count each of Theft Under $5000, Possession Of Stolen Property Under $5000, and Possession of Break And Enter Instruments. While responding officers were investigating this occurrence, a marked Windsor Police Cruiser containing two WPS officers was positioned in the east bound lanes of the E.C. Row Expressway at Jefferson Blvd. in order to divert east bound traffic on the Expressway on to Jefferson Blvd. The cruiser had its emergency lights activated. As east bound traffic was exiting the E.C. Row in the curb lane, a 2009 Hyundai travelling east in the passing lane, failed to stop for the parked police cruiser and struck the rear passenger side of the cruiser at approximately 50 km/h. Both officers sustained minor injuries and were treated and released at hospital. The 73 year old driver of the Hyundai was not injured and is now facing a charge of careless driving. - 30 - |
