Haines Junction RCMP Cpl. Kim MacKellar began testifying late this morning about the day he was shot at during a high-speed chase along the Alaska Highway.

MacKellar told the Yukon Supreme Court jury he was awakened at about 6:10 a.m. on Sept. 26, 2011 by a call from the Whitehorse dispatch centre regarding a complaint of two people standing outside the house of a nearby neighbour.

After driving through the neighbourhood for a short time in his fully marked RCMP crew cab, he saw deputy conservation officer Shane Oakley standing on the side of the road, he testified.

Oakley jumped in, and together they continued driving around, when they received a call at around 6:30 a.m. about a break-in occurring at Madley's General Store.

The jury heard when MacKellar and Oakley arrived, there was the custodian's vehicle there and a black, older-model SUV.

After the officer got out, he noticed somebody pop up from the driver's side of the SUV, jump into the driver's seat and then peel off down the Alaska Highway towards Destruction Bay.

MacKellar said he and Oakley gave chase, with the rooftop emergency lights flashing.

Christopher Cornell is on trial for the attempted murders of MacKellar and Oakley by shooting at them with a rifle during a high-speed chase (see related story, p. 5).

The 31-year-old man is also on trial for using violence while robbing Madley's General Store.

MacKellar testified it wasn't long into the chase when items started flying out the back of the SUV they were chasing.

He remembers a generator and chainsaw, and how he was forced to manoeuvre around the objects flying out of the SUV.

MacKellar told the jury he also remembers the rear hatchback on the SUV being shattered, because he could see his headlights reflecting off the small pieces of glass.

Not long afterward, just seconds, there was a smash and a loud noise.

MacKellar thought maybe an item that was thrown from the SUV had bounced off the highway and hit the police truck.

"I felt something hit my face, and something hit my shoulder,” MacKellar said.

Oakley told MacKellar they were being shot at, pointed at the bullet hole that MacKellar had already noticed.

Oakley then told MacKellar the officer had to pull over because there was blood already coming down his face.

The corporal said he could see blood on his yellow police jacket, and he knew his lip had been split.

The court also heard MacKellar testify he had to swerve around another dark SUV parked on the side of the highway where he was pulling over.

The jury also heard of what happened after Oakley jumped in the driver's seat, turned the RCMP crew cab around and headed to the nursing station at Haines Junction.

MacKellar was looked after at the nursing station, and then driven to the Haines Junction airport by ambulance and medevaced to Whitehorse.

The corporal told the jury he doesn't remember much from the Haines Junction Health Centre, and suspects he was in a little shock from his injuries.

"I remember laying on the emergency bed in the emergency room and they were attending to me,” he recalled.

"I could not see very well. I had issues with my eyes; I was having a hard time keeping them open.”