PEEL POLICE hunt for man who they claim deliberately smashed into an ambulance. He was found hours later. Peel Regional Police photos.
PEEL OFFICER directing traffic as part of the investigation.
A motorist who was sought by Peel Regional Police for allegedly ramming an ambulance with his car has been arrested hiding out in Etobicoke.
The suspect was arrested around 5:04 p.m. of June 7 inside his vehicle, which was parked near the Kipling Ave. and Dundas St. West area, near Toronto Police’s 22 Division station.
Peel police said they received a call for about 1:30 p.m. for a man, described as unsconscious, who was in a running vehicle in a parking lot in the area of Steelweel and Tomken Rds., in Brampton.
Police said the man seems to have recovered as officers and paramedics arrived on the scene to help him.
“The man subsequently gained consciousness, accelerated the vehicle, striking the ambulance and two other parked vehicles before fleeing from the area,” according to Peel police officers.
The paramedics did not sustain any injuries, police said.
The suspect was found by police about four hours later in the Six Points area of South Etobicoke.
The man was charged with 15 criminal offences after he “intentionally rammed an ambulance.”
Harjinder Singh, 32, of Brampton, faces three counts of possession of property obtain by crime, three counts of breach of court order, three counts of possess identity document, three counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of credit card data, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and fail to stop at the scene of an accident.
He appeared for a bail hearing on June 8 at Ontario court of Justice.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Peel’s 21 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at (905) 453-2121, ext. 2133. Information may also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or by visiting www.peelcrimestoppers.ca.