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Vehicle crashes into Memorial Park garden

Two people were taken into custody after an SUV jumped the curb on Broadway, narrowly missing a tree, ran over a park bench and then came to a stop in a garden surrounding the firefighter memorial in Memorial Park.

SUV crashed into garden near firfighter memorial (Robb Mitchell | News4.ca)
A park bench lays under an SUV that crashed through Memorial Park (Robb Mitchell | News4.ca)

The incident happened just before 11:00 pm on Friday, June 2, 2023.

An adult female and an adult male were quickly placed in custody by officers and assessed by firefighter/paramedics.

Winnipeg Police Service Public Information Officer Claude Chancy told News4 in an email police believe the driver of the vehicle was impaired.

— with files from Jason Driedger

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