SaskatoonSaskatoon police were trying to track down a stolen vehicle on Wednesday morning when a chase ensued.Chase ended at Circle Drive and Valley RoadHannah Spray · CBC News · Posted: Jul 09, 2025 11:48 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoSaskatoon police were on scene Wednesday morning at Circle Drive near Valley Road after a police chase. A man has been taken into custody. (Dan Zakreski/CBC)A police chase of a stolen vehicle wound through south Saskatoon neighbourhoods, into the downtown and then back to the south side of the city on Wednesday morning.Dozens of police cars were involved, and multiple civilian and police vehicles were damaged.In the aftermath, a large, white work truck could be seen lying on its side in the grass beside the off ramp from Circle Drive onto Valley Road. There was a large hole in the windshield, and at least 13 police cars and a black armoured vehicle were nearby.According to a police news release, the incident started shortly before 8 a.m. CST when a stolen vehicle was reported in the area of Wiggins Avenue S. and Cascade Street, in the Adelaide/Churchill neighbourhood.Eyewitness Luke Ryalls was on his way to work, making a right-hand turn from Isabella Street onto Broadway Avenue, when he first saw the truck.”Suddenly, something blew by me on my right, between me and the curb,” he said. “The back of the truck was open and the cable was dangling out of it, and the cable actually banged into my vehicle as it was flying by.”Ryalls called 911, then continued to work. He said he saw police cars at Taylor Street and Lorne Avenue setting up what appeared to be a spike belt on the road.Then, after he got to work at his office near downtown, he saw the same truck blow by again, this time with “a lot of cop cars” in hot pursuit.”My other colleague actually was waiting at the intersection at 22nd and Avenue C. She was on her way to work too, and she actually saw it ram a police vehicle at that location,” he said.Police vehicles at the intersection of 22nd Street W. and Avenue C N., near downtown Saskatoon, on Wednesday morning after a chase of a stolen vehicle. (Chanss Lagaden/CBC)Police said in the news release that they located the vehicle, but the driver would not stop, and that they tried several times to disable the vehicle.A police spokesperson said on Wednesday morning that the exact route the stolen vehicle took during the chase was still being sorted out, but during the morning commute, police vehicles were stopped at the intersection of 22nd Street W. and Avenue C N., in the aftermath of what appeared to be a crash.More police tape and officers were also at the intersection of 20th Street West and Avenue C N.Police officers at the scenes confirmed they were related to the chase.Police tape off an area at the intersection of 20th Street W. and Avenue C N. on Wednesday morning. (Dan Zakreski/CBC)Police say they made a “final successful de-escalation” and took the man into custody on Circle Drive near Valley Road. Some officers fired their guns during the incident, the police news release said.The extent of any injuries is unknown at this time.A white cube van lies on its side at Circle Drive and Valley Road. (Dan Zakreski/CBC)Traffic restrictions are in place while police investigate. The Saskatoon Police Service is in the process of notifying Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team, an independent, civilian-led unit responsible for investigating serious incidents involving officers.CBC News asked police whether the incident was related to a report of an inmate on a Saskatoon Correctional Centre work crew allegedly stealing a van on Tuesday afternoon. A police spokesperson said they don’t believe the incidents are related.ABOUT THE AUTHORHannah Spray is a reporter and editor for CBC Saskatoon. She began her journalism career in newspapers, first in her hometown of Meadow Lake, Sask., moving on to Fort St. John, B.C., and then to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. With files from Dan Zakreski
Multiple civilian, police vehicles damaged during chase in Saskatoon
