1 arrested, taken to hospital after police pursue tractor on B.C. highway
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BC Highway Patrol officers appear to have caused a tractor to roll over to stop it from driving on Highway 1 Saturday afternoon.
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BC Highway Patrol officers appear to have caused a tractor to roll over to stop it from driving on Highway 1 Saturday afternoon.
Video of the takedown posted on social media shows several police SUVs pursuing the large farm vehicle north on Highway 15, also known as 176 Street and Pacific Highway, in Surrey.
One of the police vehicles appears to cause the tractor to roll by using a PIT – short for "precision immobilization technique" – maneuver. The BCHP cruiser appears to make contact with the rear of the tractor, causing its driver to lose control.
Police have not publicly commented about their use of the technique in Saturday's incident.
Surrey RCMP, which was called to the scene to assist the BCHP, told CTV News in an email that police had attempted to stop a tractor driving on Highway 1.
BCHP officers were dealing with another call when they encountered the tractor and attempted a traffic stop, Surrey RCMP said.
