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By Doris Bregolisse - Global Okanagan

RCMP Taser

B.C. man tasered by RCMP in Malakwa has died

Oct 30, 2019 | 7:09 AM

MALAKWA, B.C. — An Okanagan family is desperate for answers after their son died following a police incident in which the man was subdued by a conducted energy weapon after a traffic stop early Monday.

The family of the 38-year-old man, which identified him as Clayton Donnelly, says he passed away on Tuesday afternoon, adding medical officials told them the cause of death was cardiac arrest.

According to police, officers in Kelowna were notified of an erratic driver along Highway 97 near Lake Country at approximately 1:30 a.m., with the vehicle said to be straying from its lane.

The vehicle, thought to be a van, was located by Armstrong police, and that unsuccessful attempts were made to stop it. As it fled, police say the vehicle narrowly missed one officer.

Police say a short time later, officers stopped the vehicle south of Sicamous, but it again fled.

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RCMP say the vehicle was stopped in Malakwa, and when the driver resisted arrest, he was hit with the taser.

The man soon went into medical distress.

Donnelly’s family says CPR was performed on him for 90 minutes following his arrest.

He was taken to hospital, where he died yesterday.

Donnelly had no previous heart issues, according to the family.

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