Hwy. 401 file photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.Hwy. 401 file photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.
London

Man runs across Highway 401 to get away from police

Charges have been laid against a London man accused of running across Highway 401 and assaulting a police officer who tried to stop him.

Middlesex OPP were called about a man walking along the eastbound lanes of the busy highway near Highbury Avenue just before 5 a.m. on Thursday.

When police arrived, the man tried to cross the highway to get away, OPP said. After a brief struggle that saw an officer assaulted with a weapon the man was arrested.

No injuries were reported.

A 28-year-old London man has been charged with assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, resisting a peace officer, being a pedestrian using a controlled-access highway, and failure to comply with release order. He is being held in custody pending a bail hearing.

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