By rdnewsNOW staff

ASIRT INVESTIGATION

ASIRT investigates crash following RCMP contact

Mar 10, 2020 | 8:54 AM

EDMONTON- On March 6, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) began investigating a single vehicle crash that seriously injured two men that followed contact with several members of the RCMP.

The collision occurred near Chipman, and took place that same day.

At about 5:30 a.m., Mounties were dispatched to a commercial intrusion alarm at a location in the Village of Consort.

RCMP members from Vegreville, Tofield, Killam, and Viking detachments responded. A suspect vehicle was identified, and when officers attempted to contain it, the driver fled at a high rate of speed.

Additional RCMP vehicles entered the area near Chipman, and had intermittent contact with the suspect vehicle, which continued travelling at excessive speeds.

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At a location near Chipman, the suspect vehicle turned onto a range road, where a bridge was under repair, and collided with concrete barricades on the roadway.

The vehicle was badly damaged and two men were trapped inside. The local fire department and EMS responded and extracted the pair.

A 37-year-old man was transported by STARS air ambulance to hospital in Edmonton. A 40-year-old man was transported by ground ambulance to the same hospital. Both were listed in critical condition with various injuries.

ASIRT’s investigation will focus on the actions of police during this incident, while the RCMP will maintain responsibility for the investigation into the circumstances that led up to the incident, as well as the occupants of the vehicle.