Two police officers are recuperating after suffering minor injuries after allegedly being assaulted by a motorist on Evans Avenue.
Two Toronto police officers were hospitalized with minor injuries after being assaulted by a driver when they stopped a vehicle from entering a film shoot on Evans Avenue.
The two are among 10 officers injured on the job in the last week.
Toronto police say the incident happened on February 12 just before 1 p.m. in the area of Evans Avenue and Brown’s Line, just south of the Gardiner Expressway.
The area has a number of film studios with movie shoots taking place.
There are a number of film studios in the area with film shoots taking place.
The officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the assault, police say.
A male driver of a vehicle, in his 40s, has been arrested and face charges.
The incident comes days after another police officer sustained a head injury while responding to a call in North York on February 10.
The officers are recuperating at home.