Ontario man arrested after car stolen in Winnipeg crashes into Vernon hospital

Early Sunday morning police in Vernon, B.C. were called to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital because a car had smashed into a hospital entrance.

Police said when officers got there no one was in the crashed car which “had rammed through the emergency entry doors.”

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“Hospital security advised the officers that the driver had left the vehicle and had broken into an administrative building on the hospital property by smashing a window,” said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk in a media release.

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When police searched the building they allegedly found damaged furniture and equipment and a Thunder Bay, Ontario man.

Police don’t know what caused the unusual incident. RCMP said the crashed car was stolen in Winnipeg and had a stolen B.C. license plate.

Christian Talbot, 44, was arrested and is facing charges.

No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.