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Semi slams into parked RCMP cruiser in Headingley

RCMP say that charges are pending against the 22-year-old driver of a semi-truck that crashed into a police cruiser that was parked on the side of the road with the emergency lights on.

It happened just before 7:30 am on Thursday morning February 21, 2019. According to RCMP, the officer had parked his cruiser on the side of the Trans-Canada in Headingley to check on the occupants of a semi-truck that had been involved in a collision earlier in the day.

RCMP cruiser hit by semi-truck in Headingley on February 21, 2019 (Submitted / RCMP)

As the officer was sitting in his cruiser it was hit from behind by a passing semi.

No one was injured but the vehicle suffered significant damage.

Damage to the rear of an RCMP vehicle hit by a semi-truck on February 21, 2019
(Submitted / RCMP)

The driver of the truck is facing possible charges under the Highway Traffic Act say police.

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