One arrested, two hurt after stolen truck collides with culvert

Selkirk RCMP have arrested a 26 year old Scanterbury man after he crashed a stolen truck he was driving causing injuries to passengers in the vehicle.

On Saturday May 27, 2017 around 1:00 am Police stopped a truck on Highway 9 after it was clocked travelling at 130 kilometres per hour. The vehicle also did not have head or tail lights on.

Officers approached the vehicle but the driver did not turn off the vehicle after being ordered to do so by police. The truck took off as RCMP called in backup, several other officers responded. The truck was located on Ferry Road in East Selkirk but was not pursued because Ferry road is a dead end.

Shortly after 3:00 am police found the truck. It had left the road and slammed into a culvert in the ditch. The driver had fled the scene but two female passengers remained with the vehicle. One of the passengers, a 37 year old woman from Winnipeg, was seriously injured and was taken to hospital. The other woman from Dauphin, aged 36, suffered minor injuries.

Police located the driver of the vehicle walking into Selkirk.

Jordan Michaud was arrested and charged with Flight from Police x2, Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle Causing Bodily Harm x2, Failure to Stop or Remain When Person Injured x2, and Failure to Comply with Probation x4 for his alleged involvement. Michaud faces additional charges in relation to the stolen vehicle.

The investigation continues.

-News4 Staff-

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