RCMP vehicle hit by truck in high-speed collision during traffic stop in Fort McMurray

Cameron MacCuish · CBC News

· Posted: May 13, 2025 2:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

An RCMP conveyance was extensively damaged aft being deed by a fast-moving motortruck during a postulation halt successful Fort McMurray, Alta., past week, constabulary say. 

Just aft 9 p.m. connected Wednesday, a Wood Buffalo RCMP serviceman conducted a postulation halt connected Highway 63 northbound successful the Beacon Hill country of Fort McMurray erstwhile it was struck from down by a Ram truck.

In a quality merchandise Wednesday, RCMP said the motortruck was moving astatine a "high complaint of speed" erstwhile it deed the constabulary vehicle.

RCMP said the constabulary vehicle's exigency lights were activated astatine the clip of the collision.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Sabrina Clayton said that the serviceman was investigating a postulation halt erstwhile his conveyance was struck from down by the Ram truck. 

Clayton said the operator of the conveyance that had been pulled implicit successful the postulation halt was successful the constabulary conveyance astatine the clip of the collision, and was waiting to beryllium released.

The serviceman and the rider successful the constabulary conveyance were not injured, and the operator of the motortruck besides did not endure from immoderate injuries.

The operator of the truck, a 48-year-old pistillate from Fort McMurray, is facing charges of failing to comply with enactment demand, transporting cannabis successful an unfastened package, and failing to determination implicit erstwhile passing an exigency vehicle.

The pistillate was released from custody and is acceptable to look successful tribunal connected June 11.