An independent police oversight agency says an off-duty officer struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday along a highway in the greater Halifax region.
The Serious Incident Response Team says a man was walking on the side of Highway 103 when he was struck by a vehicle.
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It says the driver of the vehicle was identified as an off-duty Bridgewater police officer.
The agency says the pedestrian was pronounced dead shortly after he was hit and alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the collision.
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The police watchdog investigates death, serious injury, sexual assault and intimate partner violence involving police in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
It is asking anyone with information or images of Saturday’s fatal collision to come forward.
My beloved Andrew was the one killed and I’m disgusted that I’ve had no help whatsoever from RCMP, no visits, no statements, nothing! Like I don’t exist and I was there even though i didn’t see anything I had to get in the car and drive home without him, I heard the officer is on stress leave and the eye are collecting money for her but what about me! When the in this over she can carry on with the rest of her life but my life will never be the same. How is this whole thing fair?
If he is off duty, then he is just another Canadian. Why the hype? Why the comment on alcohol?
This is just spin, trying to turn an accident into news.