Sask. RCMP officer sent to hospital after driver repeatedly rammed police vehicle

An RCMPofficer was sent to hospitalafter hisvehicle was repeatedly rammedby another vehicle in northwestern Saskatchewan on Thursday, police say.

The officer attemptedto stop a speeding vehicle on Highway 40 nearNeilburg, about 215 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon,on Thursday, police said in a Friday news release.

The suspect vehicle stopped in the middle of the highway. The driver then reversed, hitting the front of the RCMP vehicle.

Thedriver then drove forward, turned around, andrammed the police vehicle head-on twice, causing heavy damage,RCMP said.

A passing driver then came to the rescue by ramming the suspect vehicle and disabling it, police said.

The two people in the suspect vehicle, a woman and a man, then took offand ran into a wooded area.

The RCMP officerwas taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while officersfrom nearby detachments came to help look for the two people who fled.

Awoman was arrested in the wooded area. RCMP did not indicate what charges she may face.

Police are still looking for the man who was in the vehicle, who is described as being in his mid-30s to 40s. He's roughly six feet tall and 180 poundsand has black hair, RCMP said.

He was wearing a black or blue T-shirt, a dark-coloured ball cap, blue jeans, white running shoes and a grey or black medical mask or bandanna.

Police are asking anyone who has information about the incident to callSaskatchewan RCMP at 310-7267 (RCMP) orCrime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or by leaving a tip at saskcrimestoppers.com.