Semi-trailer crashes into parked RCMP cruiser on Trans-Canada Highway

An RCMP officerescaped serious injury after a semi-trailer crashed into his cruiser that wasparked at the side of the Trans-Canada Highway on Thursdaymorning.

The 47-year-old officer pulled behind asemi-trailer that wasinvolved in a collision earlier in the morning so he could make sure everyone affected was OK,RCMPsaid. The semi was stopped on the side of the highway near the Husky gas station in Headingley, Man., west of Winnipeg.

While the officer was sittingin the cruiser with the emergency lights going, thevehicle was hit from behind by another westbound semi just before 7:30 a.m. CT.

Neither the officer nor the 22-year-old man driving thatsemi wasinjured. The cruiser was damaged enough that it had to be towed away, RCMP said.

The investigation is ongoing and charges under the Highway Traffic Act are pending against the semi driver.

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