RCMP officer injured after SUV pursuit in northern Sask.

A 26-year-old man is facing an attempted murder charge after an RCMP officer was struck by an SUV near Meadow Lake, Sask.

RCMP say the incident began March 23 at around 12:15 p.m., when a Crime Reduction Team (CRT) officer saw a white SUV run a stop sign in Meadow Lake. The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed, prompting a pursuit.

At 1:30 p.m., officers deployed a tire deflation device on Highway 4 north of the junction with Highway 55. As the spike belt was being deployed, the SUV struck the police officer, who was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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The vehicle was later found abandoned roughly four kilometres away. Police tracked down and arrested a man and woman who had fled on foot.

The man who is from Prince Albert, faces multiple charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault of a police officer and impaired driving.

The woman, 26, of Deschambault Lake, is charged with flight from police and resisting arrest.

Both appeared in Meadow Lake court on March 26.