RCMP cruiser hit during traffic stop in Fort McMurray, woman charged

Damage can be seen on an RCMP cruiser after it was hit by a woman speeding in her truck on May 7, 2025. (Supplied)

A woman was arrested after she allegedly crashed her truck into an RCMP cruiser in Fort McMurray last week.

Mounties said an officer was in the parked cruiser, which had emergency lights on, when it was hit on Highway 63 in the Beacon Hill area around 9:15 p.m.

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RCMP said the 48-year-old woman, driving a white Dodge Ram truck, hit the cruiser from behind at a “high rate of speed.”

The Mountie had been conducting a traffic stop when his vehicle was hit.

The crash caused significant damage to the cruiser, however neither the officer nor the passenger in the police cruiser were hurt.

The Fort McMurray woman driving the truck was arrested and charged with:

• failing to comply with a breath demand;
• transporting cannabis in an open package; and
• failing to move over when passing an emergency vehicle.

She is expected to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in Fort McMurray on June 11.

“Police would like to remind motorists to ensure that they slow down and move over for emergency vehicles like police, fire, ambulance, as well as tow trucks and highway maintenance vehicles,” RCMP wrote in a press release on Tuesday.

“If you are driving in the lane closest to a stopped vehicle with flashing lights, you must move over to the far lane to give workers extra space. If you can’t safely move over, you must slow down to at least 60 km/hr, or the posted speed limit whichever is lower.

“Everyone deserves a safe place to work. Speed fines double for drivers who don’t slow down.”

The fine for speeding past construction workers or emergency responders starts at $163 for going one kilometre over the limit.