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Man dies as police try to stop vehicle in B.C.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Oct, 2020 05:12 PM
  • Man dies as police try to stop vehicle in B.C.

- A man is dead and a woman is hurt after their vehicle crashed as police tried to pull it over, just north of Vernon, B.C.

A statement from RCMP says an officer from the Vernon North Okanagan detachment spotted the Mazda 6 near Armstrong just after 3 a.m. Sunday and suspected it was stolen.

It crashed into a shallow ditch minutes later, killing the driver and injuring the female passenger.

The Independent Investigations Office, which examines all police-involved deaths or serious injures in B.C., confirms it has been called.

It says a team will determine whether police actions or inactions contributed to the death.

The BC Coroners Service is also carrying out its own investigation.

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