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Impartial investigators have dominated out any police wrongdoing after a motorcyclist crashed right into a parked RCMP car on the freeway in Kamloops and later died in hospital.
The Impartial Investigations Workplace of B.C. (IIO) has closed its investigation into the deadly crash on July 22.
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The marked RCMP car had its lights activated in a westbound journey lane on Freeway 1, at Holman Highway, whereas serving to firefighters with an unrelated incident. Fireplace autos with lights activated had been additionally on the scene.
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“After about 20 minutes, throughout which era over 100 autos safely handed the emergency autos, a person driving a motorbike collided with the again finish of the unoccupied police car earlier than then colliding with the again of a fireplace truck parked close by,” mentioned a press release from the IIO on Thursday.
The rider was severely injured and was pronounced lifeless on Aug. 1.
The chief civilian director of the IIO has appeared on the proof — together with forensic evaluation from the scene, video footage, witness statements and hospital and police data — and “decided that neither police actions nor inaction contributed to the person’s tragic demise.
“The police car was parked safely with lights activated to direct site visitors across the varied emergency autos on the scene.”
The IIO famous pace and alcohol seem to have been contributing components.
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