No charges against officers after woman dies in car evading RCMP near Sicamous

SICAMOUS, B.C. — B.C.’s police watchdog is not recommending charges after a woman was killed in a vehicle evading police near Sicamous earlier this year.

On May 20, RCMP officers tried to pull over a Honda Civic in Canoe. The Civic continued driving east toward Sicamous, and Mounties there tried to stop it again, this time deploying a spike belt near the Bruhn Bridge.

During the attempted stop, the Civic left the road and crashed.

A female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries.