Person Taken Into Police Custody Following Multi-vehicle Collision in Paradise

Ryan Smith

56 minutes ago

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A person was taken into custody following a multi-vehicle collision in Paradise late Thursday morning.

Firefighters from the St. John’s Regional Fire Department along with other emergency services responded to the intersection of Topsail Road and Paradise Road at approximately 11:35 a.m. late Thursday morning for reports of a multi-vehicle collision.

The driver of the pickup, who is believed to have been coming down the hill on Paradise Road to Topsail when he stuck the vehicles that were at the intersection. The driver of the truck fled the scene in his vehicle but did not get far due to damage sustained during the collision. He managed to pull the vehicle into the back of a nearby garage parking lot, where he tried to hide it from police.

Police located the vehicle in the parking lot and the person was placed into police custody and put aboard a police vehicle.

It appeared at least one person was taken to hospital as a result. It is unknown what the extent of the person's injuries are at this time.

No further information is available at this time. If more information does become available, it will be provided.