Police arrest suspected impaired driver after ramming incident, 2 officers hurt

Toronto police have arrested an allegedly impaired driver after an incident on the Don Valley Parkway that left two officers injured on Monday afternoon.

Toronto police have arrested a male driver after a woman's vehicle was rammed and two officers were injured on the Don Valley Parkway on Monday afternoon.

Const. David Hopkinson, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, said police were called to the DVP shortly after 3 p.m. Police allege the male driver was impaired at the time of the incident.

A female driver called police when she was on the DVP near York Mills Road and said a male driver had rammed her vehicle and followed her onto the highway. 

Hopkinson said the initial incident may have happened in a parking lot but police are still trying to determine where it began.

Police caught up with the two drivers on the DVP south of Dundas Street East.

The male driver then allegedly rammed police cruisers that had arrived on the scene. The cruisers were damaged.

According to Hopkinson, the man got out of his vehicle with a machete at one point. 

The man was arrested and two officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Hopkinson could not say whether the officers were injured when the cruisers were rammed or during the arrest.

Southbound DVP is down to one lane near Dundas Street East as officers continue to investigate, but the curb lane is open.

IMPAIRED DRIVER:
DVP York Mills Rd
– Damage done to police cars
– DVP s/of Dundas St E
– Officers trying to arrest man
– Man is now in custody
– 1 officer injured
– Unknown how serious
– DVP s/b down to 1 lane
^dh pic.twitter.com/6HzMJ4mt9S

—@TPSOperations

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