Penticton cop charged in connection with young boy’s death

PENTICTON – A Penticton Mountie has been charged after he allegedly struck and killed a child with his personal vehicle while off-duty.

Five-year-old James Christian McIntosh was run over by a pickup truck last September while pushing his bicycle through a crosswalk on Highway 97 at Green Mountain Road in Penticton.

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RCMP Constable Ace Jimmy Stewart has been charged with driving without due care and attention under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Stewart makes his first court appearance October 12th in Penticton.