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Man arrested after crashing into multiple police vehicles in Claresholm and Nanton

Jun 24, 2020 | 4:46 PM

CLARESHOLM, AB – Claresholm and Nanton RCMP have arrested a man that allegedly damaged numerous law enforcement vehicles and one vehicle belonging to a civilian.

At approximately 8:15 am on Sunday, June 21, Claresholm RCMP were checking on a vehicle that was believed to have been stolen.

The driver was asleep in the vehicle, and when an officer approached, the driver allegedly awoke and put the one-tonne pickup into motion, slamming into two police vehicles.

One of the RCMP cruisers was disabled while the other chased after it. The stolen vehicle reportedly drove away at a high speed that would have been too unsafe for the officer to continue pursuing.

Then on Tuesday, June 23, the same vehicle was seen in Nanton by RCMP parking in a driveway.

RCMP claims that the truck once again hit their police vehicle and left town in a rural area east of Nanton.

“A civilian noticed the police action in the rural area, as the pursuit went past his house on more than one occasion,” reads a media release from RCMP. “This civilian decided to pull his own vehicle across the roadway and abandon it, in an effort the slow or stop the chase.”

The stolen truck slammed into the civilian’s vehicle, which disabled the truck. It was there that officers were finally able to arrest the suspect.

Hudson Soll, 25, of Vulcan, faces a total of 31 charges. These include:

  • Two counts of assault on police
  • Two counts of flight from police
  • Two counts of escaping lawful custody
  • Three counts of mischief
  • Possession of stolen property
  • Three firearms offences
  • Numerous vehicle offences and breaches of conditions under the Criminal Code

In all of these incidents, no civilians or police officers were hurt.

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