Investigation
RCMP Pursuit Leads to Serious Injury
Date Published: 2015-01-06
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: RCMP Lower Sackville
Summary
Shortly after noon, on Saturday, May 3, a member of the Lower Sackville RCMP (Officer 1) attempted to stop a speeding motor vehicle (the Target Vehicle) travelling north on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville. As the Target Vehicle entered the intersection at Glendale Avenue it swerved to miss one car and then struck another vehicle stopped on the other side of the intersection. Three persons in that car, and the operator of the Target Vehicle, were taken to hospital with injuries. Amale front seat passenger in the stopped car, the Affected Person (AP) , suffered a broken arm and other injuries. As a result of the serious injury, in accordance with the Police Act, the RCMP contacted SiRT later that afternoon. SiRT immediately assumed responsibility for t he investigation into the crash. The SiRT Director and Primary Investigator attended the scene that day. SiRT’s investigation concluded on October 29, 2014. During the investigation, SiRT obtained statements from 18civilian witness…