A man and woman are facing charges after a Lunenburg District RCMP officer was dragged by a vehicle and injured as he was investigating a suspected impaired driving case.

According to a police news release, the officer stopped an SUV in a parking lot on Highway 3 in Chester, N.S., on Monday morning.

After speaking to the driver, the Mountie was leaning into the driver's-side window in an attempt to remove the keys from the ignition when the driver accelerated and drove away, an RCMP spokesperson …