Police have recovered an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser that was stolen Friday night in the Brampton area and later abandoned in Mississauga after it was involved in a crash.
However, the person, or persons who took the police car remain at large.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the incident began when a vehicle collided with some other cars while travelling the wrong way on a ramp linking highways 410 and 407.
Three people were seriously injured in the collisions.
Sgt. Schmidt said the OPP cruiser was stolen at the accident scene and then driven to Mississauga where it was involved in a head-on crash a short time later.
Ontario's Special Investigation Unit, which probes all incidents involving police where there are serious injuries, death or allegations of sexual assault, has been called in, and no other details have been released.
The OPP are looking for at least one suspect after a cruiser was stolen following a head-on crash.
It began southbound on the 410 off-ramp to Highway 407 at around 7:30 p.m. when a vehicle was seen driving erratically. It took off when officers tried to pull it over.
The OPP cruiser was then stolen, a chase ensued, and the cruiser was ditched in the area of Winston Churchill and Eglinton in Mississauga.
Using the vehicle’s global positioning system, police were able to locate the stolen cruiser using the vehicle's global positioning system.
According to paramedics, three people have serious injuries as a result of the initial crash.
No suspect description has been given.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is now investigating.
The SIU investigates incidents involving police where there has been death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault.
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