Police ask drivers to obey signs after incident

Saskatoon police are reminding drivers to pay attention to signs after an incident on Sid Buckwold Bridge Monday night led to the arrest of a 76-year-old man.

Around 10 p.m. police had closed the bridge for city crews with street sweepers.

According to officers, a man driving a van disobeyed the signs and drove into on-coming traffic.

He refused to stop so police tried to get in front of his vehicle to slow him down, the cruiser ended up getting rear-ended.

Once officers were finally able to approach the van the driver started to back up.

In the end, he was arrested and charged with obstruction.