Lethbridge police have filed a carjacking charge

Lethbridge police have charged two people in connection with a weekend carjacking that saw a stolen vehicle driven dangerously through the city.

The incident happened just after 11:30 PM on Sunday.

Police say they were called to the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive South for reports of a verbal altercation between a man and a woman.

Arriving officers approached the man, but he ran away.

“He found a moving truck nearby and forced the driver out,” police said in a news release. “As the vehicle left the parking lot, police observed a passenger inside – and it was unknown at the time if the individual was the victim of the carjacking.”

Police allege the suspect was driving erratically and at a high rate of speed as he attempted to evade officers, at one point swerving into oncoming traffic.

“Given the significant danger to the public, police intercepted the vehicle on 43 Street South, using a vehicle intervention technique to immobilize it.”

The action caused both the police vehicle and the stolen truck to stop in a canal.

While police say the driver tried to flee on foot, he was arrested.

No injuries were reported and the passenger in the vehicle was determined to be the woman the driver had initially argued with

The driver, a 33-year-old Nobleford resident, and the passenger, a 35-year-old Lethbridge woman, are facing numerous charges.