NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. – Cape Breton Regional Police say a 66-year-old man has died after he was struck by a police vehicle Saturday afternoon.
Police say officers were responding to an unrelated complaint of an injured child in North Sydney at the time of the accident.
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In a statement, police spokeswoman Desiree Vassallo says an officer struck the pedestrian while backing up a police vehicle to make room for an ambulance.
Vassallo says emergency responders treated the man but he was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m.
Cape Breton police are referring the matter to Nova Scotia’s police watchdog, the Serious Incident Response Team.
The independent agency reviews police handling of cases where death or serious injury result.
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