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Manitoba RCMP officer charged for dangerous driving

A Manitoba RCMP police vehicle. Elisha Dacey/Global News

An RCMP officer has been charged for dangerous driving following a collision that resulted in two individuals being severely injured.

According to the Independent Investigation Unit (IIU), the crash happened last September, when an on-duty cop was driving on the intersection of of highways 311 and 59 just after 6:30 p.m.

Read more: Man charged after four people found dead near Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba

Following the incident, the IIU began their investigation and have since found reasonable grounds to believe there was an offence under the Criminal Code.

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The IIU says Const. Jean Christophe Martin has been issued a summons to appear in provincial court in March for two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Details regarding the injured individuals were not provided.

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