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Late last Friday night, Yellowknife RCMP responded to a call of erratic driving in the downtown area.

Officers spotted the grey Dodge Ram pick-up truck near Bison Estates and tried to pull it over. The truck fled the scene down School Draw Avenue, where it appeared to have collided with two parked cars.

Witnesses said they saw two suspects flee the scene towards downtown. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate them.

The truck was later found to have been stolen from Alberta.

There were no reported injuries from the collision.


Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Yellowknife RCMP at 867-669-1111 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, nwtnutips.com, (click on “submit a web tip”) or text: nwtnutips to 274637.

Cameron Wilkinson
Cameron Wilkinson
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