An off-duty Niagara police officer was charged with impaired driving Thursday evening in Niagara-on-the-Lake, after fleeing a traffic stop and colliding with another driver in St. Davids.

Niagara Regional Police said Paul-Andre Seguin, 54, was arrested on York Road near Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids, sometime after 8:51 p.m.

Police responded to reports of an impaired driver at 8:20 p.m. Responding officers located a grey Dodge Ram pickup truck in the area of Glendale Avenue and Taylor Road.

Police tried to conduct a traffic stop at 8:46 p.m., but said the driver, who was “demonstrating signs” of being impaired, refused to comply and fled the scene — officers followed after him.

The police followed the driver up to York Road near Townline Road before ending the pursuit — the suspect was driving “in a reckless manner” that was “a risk to public safety,” police said in a news release on Friday.

However, minutes later, at 8:51 p.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle collision on York Road near Four Mile Creek Road, near central St. Davids: at the scene, they found the pickup truck had collided with another vehicle.

Police arrested Seguin at the scene and charged him with impaired driving, as well as refusing to comply with a demand for a breath sample, flight from peace officer, dangerous operation and running a red light.

He was taken to an out-of-region hospital with serious injuries. Police said no one else was injured from the collision.

Seguin has been a police officer with Niagara Regional Police for 21 years. He was released on a Form 10 Undertaking and suspended with pay.

Following this incident, the Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate.

The SIU is a civilian law enforcement agency that investigates incidents involving police officers where there has been death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault.