Investigation
Fatal Collision Involving RCMP Officer
Date Published: 2022-11-04
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: RCMP Antigonish
Summary
On the late evening of April 27, 2022, Northeast Nova District of the RCMP contacted SIRT regarding a motor vehicle collision just west of Antigonish on Highway 104, near James River. Amember of the Antigonish Detachment, herein after referred to as the Su bject Officer ( SO), had hit a male person, hereinafter referred to as the Affected Party (AP), with his vehic le. The SO could not say that the AP, who was deceased, may have already been hit by another vehicle earlier and was lying in the middle of the road when he ran over the AP. SiRT immediately began an investigation and concluded it on September 7, 2022. The following information was obtained, reviewed, and considered in the preparation of this report: a number of Civilian Witness (CW) statements, various notes and reports from various RCMP members, reports from IDent, D NA results from the RCMP forensic lab, and the aut opsy report from the Medical Examiner’s Office. Photos of the highway scene and involved vehicles. The SO …