2 tow truck drivers charged after crash at active police scene - BERITAJA

Two tow truck drivers are facing charges aft allegedly racing to unafraid a tow and crashing into an progressive constabulary segment of a collision successful Mississauga, Ont., constabulary say.

The incident happened arsenic officers from Peel Regional Police were responding to a collision astatine the intersection of Mavis Road and Queensway connected Dec. 18 astatine about 10:40 p.m.

“While officers and different first responders were assisting those involved, 2 tow trucks, believed to beryllium racing to the clang to unafraid a tow, mislaid power and collapsed done an progressive constabulary scene,” Peel constabulary said successful a news release.

One of the tow trucks is believed to person struck a conveyance progressive successful the first collision, while the different “narrowly avoided” an serviceman and a pedestrian, constabulary said.

According to police, some drivers past fled the segment astatine a precocious complaint of speed.

No injuries were reported, constabulary said.

The 2 men were identified connected Tuesday aft constabulary said important canvassing took place, pinch CCTV footage from the area of the clang was besides recovered showing some trucks driving astatine “high rates of velocity successful residential areas.” The video, constabulary said, showed the drivers moving extremity signs and postulation lights.

Two 30-year-old men from Mississauga person been each charged pinch vulnerable cognition of a centrifugal vehicle, nonaccomplishment to extremity aft an mishap and fleeing a constabulary officer. They besides look charges of failing to extremity astatine a extremity motion and performing a stunt while driving a centrifugal vehicle.

Charges related to being tow motortruck drivers were besides laid for failing to comply pinch prescribed requirements and standards and engaging successful a prohibited practice.

Peel Regional Police are reminding the nationalist to study vulnerable aliases reckless tow motortruck driving.

Should an emergency occur, constabulary impulse group to telephone 911 but successful non-emergency situations, incidents could beryllium reported online done Road Watch.

While arrests person been made, constabulary are asking anyone pinch further accusation connected this incident to interaction investigators astatine 11 Division CIB astatine 905-453-2121 hold 1133 aliases to interaction Crime Stoppers.