Man charged after officer struck, cruiser hit repeatedly in east-end chase

A 38-year-old Ottawa man faces a raft of charges following a raucous scene on Innes Road in which a police officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle, which then bumped a pursuing police cruiser repeatedly in a chase in the east end.
The incident began at about 3 a.m. Tuesday when patrol officers were called to a “large fight” on the 4000 block of Innes Road, near Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard.
The crowd dispersed as police arrived except for a man who got into his vehicle and struck an