An RCMP officer was involved in a collision here in The Pas over the weekend.

At around 4:30 on Saturday morning the officer was transporting a prisoner in a fully marked cruiser when he collided with a pole in the parking lot of a business on Fischer Avenue.

The officer provided first aid to the prisoner before emergency services arrived and the prisoner was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries and has since been released from medical care.

The officer also sustained injuries and was treated in hospital and has since been released.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing.