Manitoba RCMP arrest erratic pickup driver doing all the wrong things

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A pickup truck driver is being accused of giving drivers and passengers on Highway 1 near Portage in Manitoba a hellish experience early on Sept 20. 

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Portage la Prairie RCMP say they started receiving calls about an erratic driver heading west on the Trans Canada around 1 AM on Monday morning, doing all sorts of dangerous things including tailgating semis, driving with the lights off, reversing on the highway, and brake checking everybody. 

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As police set out to search, the next call came in: the individual had been witnessed driving into oncoming traffic, and had already caused another vehicle to hit the ditch and roll. 

And that’s when the spike strips come out. 

After striking a culvert in a ditch and attempting to flee on foot, the individual was apprehended by police and the RCMP canine unit. 

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Most of the comments on the Twitter post alternate between questions of why somebody would do such a thing and explanations as to why somebody would do such a thing, but one more sobering note came from somebody claiming to have been in the vehicle that was struck and flipped by the demonic driver. 

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Police report that the passengers in the vehicle sustained minor injuries, as did the accused, a 34-year-old man from Sainte Brigitte de Laval, Quebec. Charges have been laid and the investigation is ongoing.