A man has serious injuries, and another is charged with impaired driving after a police chase in Halifax.
Police say it was Tuesday around 11:20 p.m., when an officer spotted a vehicle on Lady Hammond Road with a burned-out passenger-side headlamp and no visible license plate.
The officer tried to pull the vehicle over but instead the driver turned onto Robie Street and sped away.
The car was found abandoned at the intersection of Robie and Young Streets where it had crashed onto the concrete base of a traffic control box.
According to witnesses, they two men ran away.
The passenger was hiding in some bushes and was taken to hospital. The driver was found on Gottingen Street.
The 29-year-old appeared in provincial court Wednesday to face these charges:
- Operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm
- Operation of conveyance while impaired causing bodily harm
- Operation of a conveyance while prohibited
- Flight from peace officer-Failure to stop motor vehicle or vessel while being pursued
- Failure or refusal to comply with demand for testing
- Failure to comply with probation order (x2)
- Failure to comply with condition of release order (x2)
