By The Canadian Press

B.C.’s police watchdog forwards case to Crown in death of Penticton boy

Aug 11, 2016 | 10:33 AM

PENTICTON, B.C. — Crown lawyers must decide if charges should be laid against a Penticton RCMP officer involved in a collision that killed a young boy in the Okanagan city last September.

The chief civilian director of British Columbia’s Independent Investigations Office has forwarded paperwork to the Crown following a nearly year-long review.

Five-year-old James McIntosh died on Sept. 15, 2015, as he rode his bike across a busy Penticton intersection with his father and brother by his side.

McIntosh was hit by a pickup truck driven by the off-duty RCMP officer who was making a right turn through the crosswalk.

The director does not make a recommendation on whether charges should be approved.

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Instead, the IIO report is sent to Crown to consider if an officer may have committed an offence.

The Canadian Press