Investigation
CBRP Pursuit Ends in Fatal Crash
Date Published: 2020-12-11
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Cape Breton Regional Police
Summary
The Cape Breton Regional Police (CBRP) referred this incident to SiRT in the early morning hours of July 6, 2020. Th e incident involved the death of a passenger travelling in a vehicle that was being pursued by the Subject Officer (SO). The vehicle left the roadway and struck a house causing the death of the Affected Party (AP) and serious injury to one of the passengers. This investigation began within minutes of the referral and concluded on November 4, 2020. The following information was obtained, reviewed and considered in the preparation of this report: police radio communications, videos of the subject vehicle and police vehicle travelling on George Street, forensic identification photographs of the scene and the AP in the vehicle at the scene, the Medical Examiner’s preliminary, final and toxicology reports, crash data recorder of the subject vehicle, the collision analyst’s report, the witness officer’s (WOl) statement and report, police reports of three WOs wh…