Charges have been approved after a man rammed a police cruiser, injuring a North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP officer early Friday morning, the B.C. Prosecution Service said Monday.
Lunden Howard has been charged with assaulting a police officer with a weapon in connection with the May 12 crash that took place in the parking lot of the RCMP detachment on Canada Avenue in Duncan.
Around 6:30 a.m. Friday, an officer was checking the equipment on his police cruiser in the detachment’s parking lot when a man driving a black SUV rammed the police vehicle from behind, sending it into a ditch. On Monday, the RCMP confirmed that the injured officer had been released from hospital and is continuing to recover.
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