INNISFAIL – RCMP have arrested a fleeing suspect in a field following a road rage incident near Antler Hill.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Aug. 25, the QEII Integrated Traffic Services responded to a call of a firearm being pointed from a vehicle to another driver during a road rage incident near Antler Hill on Highway 2 north of Innisfail.
No one was injured during the road rage incident, police say.
RCMP Cpl. Ronald Bumbry said Mounties located the Acura-model vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Highway 2 near Highway 54 when it fled at a high rate of speed.
He said RCMP initially pursued the suspect but decided to stop due to public safety on the highway.
Traffic services members, with assistance from the Innisfail RCMP detachment, located the suspect vehicle a short time later after it crashed into a field, located in the southwest corner of the intersection of Twp. Rd. 352 and Rge. Rd. 25. Bumbry said the lone male occupant was located suffering from serious, non-life threatening injuries.
“His injuries were from the collision itself,” said Bumbry. “The vehicle did roll at least once, and several trees did hit the passenger side of the vehicle.”
He was arrested and transported to hospital by EMS.
Benjamin Tyrone Schnieder, 34, of no fixed address, is facing several charges, including:
• pointing a firearm
• flight from police
• dangerous driving
• obstructing a police officer
• identity fraud
• two counts of possession of stolen property
• possession of counterfeit currency
• four counts of failing to comply with a court order
Schnieder was remanded into custody following a judicial hearing and is set to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Sept. 2.
