Man sustained a foot injury in last July’s head-on crash
The Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) says investigators found no reasonable grounds that an RCMP member committed an offence concerning an injury sustained by an adult male in a collision with an RCMP police vehicle.
In a media release issued on Jan. 14, SiRT explained it received a referral on July 3, 2024, from the RCMP regarding a head-on collision earlier that day between a marked police vehicle and an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The incident occurred on Highway 105 outside of Perth-Andover.
SiRT said witnesses saw the male ATV driver running a stop sign, driving on the highway at high speed, and passing cars on a solid line. An attempt by the RCMP officer to pull the driver over resulted in a low-speed head-on collision. The man driving the ATV suffered a fractured foot, and the officer was not injured.
The full summary report is available at 24-048-summary-of-investigation.pdf .
SiRT is responsible for investigating all matters that involve death, serious injury, sexual assault, intimate partner violence or other matters of public interest that may have arisen from the actions of any police officer in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Investigations are under the direction and control of an independent civilian director, who has the sole authority to determine if charges should be laid after an investigation.
