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December 14, 2021 - 2:48 PM
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is looking into RCMP involvement in a snowmobile crash in Revelstoke that sent a man to hospital.
On Dec. 13, after midnight, an RCMP officer observed a man operating a snowmobile on Victoria Road in Revelstoke without a helmet.
"The officer completed a U-turn to follow the snowmobile, but the man on the snowmobile rode away and turned onto Woodenhead Loop, travelling the wrong direction on a one-way street before being involved in a collision," reads an IIO media release. He had collided with a parked commercial vehicle.
The man walked away from the scene of the crash and was found by officers a short distance away.
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An ambulance was dispatched and the man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigations office has opened a probe to determine if RCMP actions or inactions played a role in the man's injuries. No further information will be released by the police while the investigation is underway.
The IIO is asking any person with relevant information of the incident to contact the Witness Line toll-free at 1-855-446-8477 or via the contact form on the iiobc.ca website.
The IIO is the independent civilian oversight agency of the police in B.C. It investigates all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death, whether or not there is any allegation of wrongdoing.
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