Suspect charged in northern Ont. road rage incident that went viral

Viral road rage incident leads to multiple charges Provincial police say a 37-year-old Englehart man faces several charges after Monday's road rage incident in Temiskaming Shores.

A 37-year-old suspect has been charged in connection with a road rage incident in Temiskaming Shores.

The terrifying incident was caught on the victim’s dash cam video. A white Toyota Rav 4 can be seen intentionally chasing and eventually ramming the victim’s vehicle.

The incident occurred Dec. 30 around 1 p.m. on Highway 11 and Highway 65 in the Temiskaming Shores area.

"The Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police is seeking assistance from the public in locating anyone having video/dash camera footage in relation to collisions and erratic driving" in the incident, police said Friday in a news release.

"After the collision, the OPP made several attempts to stop the vehicle which resulted in the deployment of a spike belt. The suspect vehicle was stopped, and the driver was arrested. There were no injuries reported however the driver was transported to a local hospital as a precaution."

OPP Const. Martin Thibault told CTV News in an email that one officer was injured during the arrest.

The suspect from Englehart, Ont., has been charged with two counts of assaulting police with a weapon (the accused's vehicle), assaulting police causing bodily harm, criminal harassment, mischief endangering life, resisting arrest, assault with a weapon, dangerous driving, fleeing police and two counts of disobeying court orders.

The accused was remanded into custody and is next scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury on Jan. 6.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Temiskaming OPP at 1-888-310-1122 and reference occurrence E241708623.

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