RCMP cleared after driver fleeing police injured in crash in Comox, B.C.
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B.C.'s independent police watchdog says RCMP are not responsible for the injuries a man suffered in a crash in Comox, B.C., in February.
B.C.'s independent police watchdog says RCMP are not responsible for the injuries a man suffered in a crash in Comox, B.C., in February.
The single-vehicle crash occurred around 1 a.m. on Feb. 12.
At the time, Mounties were already at the scene of another crash off Bates Road near Seal Bay Nature Park.
When the driver of a BMW approached the crash scene and saw that police were blocking the road, he slowed down, performed a U-turn and fled the scene at a high rate of speed, according to the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO).
Shortly after, the BMW was involved in a single-vehicle crash, resulting in serious but non-life-threatening injuries to the driver.
"The IIO investigated to identify whether there was a connection between the actions of police and the BMW’s collision," said the organization in a release Friday.
The IIO says that police did decide to follow the driver, but that it was only for a brief period, and occurred after the driver had already fled at a high rate of speed.
