The provincial police watchdog is looking into a Laval Police Service (SPL) operation in which two people were killed and one was seriously injured in early August.
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) reported in a press release that it launched an investigation on Thursday into the events of Aug. 5, during which a vehicle plowed into a gym in Laval after attempting to flee from the police.
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At approximately 1:19 a.m. on Aug. 5, a patrol car reportedly observed a vehicle committing a possible violation of the Highway Safety Code. The patrol car then reportedly attempted to intercept the vehicle, which allegedly fled, prompting the officers to call off the pursuit, the BEI stated.
On the day of the incident, an SPL spokesperson said that the officers had called off the pursuit because the vehicle had “accelerated drastically.”
The car reportedly lost control further down the road before colliding with a gym located on Boulevard des Laurentides, the SPL also reported.
The BEI states that two people in the vehicle were transported to a hospital with serious injuries, where one of them was pronounced dead. A third person was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 19-year-old girl was among the deceased, according the SPL statement at the time.
“Given the circumstances of the incident, police support services were not required in this case,” the BEI stated. The BEI is asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident to contact it.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
