BIBLE HILL, N.S. — Police are searching for a man who allegedly jumped into a river and swam to the other side while fleeing from a police checkpoint early Saturday morning. Natasha Dantiste says officers directed a man driving a truck without a licence to pull into an adjacent parking lot on Main Street in Bible Hill shortly before 3 a.m.She says the 31-year-old man then fled the checkpoint. Dantiste says the man jumped into the river and began swimming to the other side when the officers approached him. Police say they have since confirmed the man is safely out of the water and are continuing a search to bring him into custody.

Source: National Post November 04, 2018 19:18 UTC