Driver overdoses after hitting police car

Vancouver police are investigating after a man ran his truck into a police cruiser and then overdosed shortly after being handcuffed on Friday.

Around 5:30 a.m., an officer in a police car was stopped northbound on Main Street at Hastings when she was hit from behind by a pickup truck carrying two people.

The officer got out of her patrol car and asked the driver, who was believed to be impaired, to get out of the truck. She then placed him in handcuffs and under arrest.

“Moments later, the driver be- gan to lose consciousness and was placed on the ground. Another officer began to perform CPR on the driver, while a third officer sought help from a passerby and from a nearby support worker who provided naloxone kits,” read a media release from Vancouver police.