Kleefeld man faces charges for drunk driving, child abandonment

A suspect who tried his best to avoid police faces several charges after a collision Friday afternoon.

Steinbach RCMP say a 1998 blue Dodge Ram collided with a Pontiac Trans Sport van at the intersection of PR 216 and College Avenue in Kleefeld.

Nobody was seriously hurt.

RCMP say the man driving the pick-up truck bolted from the scene without checking on the people inside the van, then left his three-year-old child alone outside his home in Kleefeld and tried to hide from police.

Officers found the man and his truck parked in town and say he fought arrest.

They gave the man a breathalyzer test and say he blew more than double the legal limit.

A Kleefeld man faces charges of Dangerous Driving Causing Bodily Harm, Impaired Driving Causing Bodily Harm, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Child Abandonment and Resisting Arrest.

Police ask anyone with information to contact Steinbach RCMP at [phone] or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.