A 24-year-old driver faces multiple charges after allegedly hitting a police officer with his car's side mirror while speeding away from a traffic stop.
Traffic officers were conducting speed enforcement near Deer Lake Parkway and Royal Oak Avenue at about 3:35 p.m. on Sunday (Feb. 11), according to an emailed Burnaby RCMP statement.
An officer attempted to pull over a vehicle for speeding, but the driver allegedly fled, striking the Mountie with the car mirror, police said.
The suspected driver was arrested a short time later near Canada Way and Kensington Avenue.
The officer hit by the mirror was not injured.
Jairus-Paul Covacha Sacramento, 24, has now been charged with one count each of dangerous driving, flight from police and assaulting a police officer.
He is scheduled for a bail hearing today (Feb. 13).
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