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By James Peters

IIO

Police watchdog to investigate serious Salmon Arm crash

Apr 27, 2021 | 5:19 PM

SALMON ARM, B.C. — B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating a crash that resulted in critical injuries to a woman in Salmon Arm.

Last Thursday (Apr. 22), RCMP were called to a reported domestic disturbance at a home on Abbington Lane in nearby Tappen. Another caller noted a blue Pontiac Vibe may have been connected to the incident.

En route to the call, Mounties saw a blue Pontiac Vibe racing in the opposite direction along the Trans Canada Highway. The officers stopped and turned around and proceeded in the same direction as the Vibe.

A short time later, just east of Sandy Point Road, the officers found the Vibe involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.

The other driver had suffered minor injuries, but the woman driving the Vibe was critically injured, and was rushed to hospital by ambulance. RCMP say she remains in hospital.

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The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) will determine whether the officers’ actions played any part in the woman’s injuries.