Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was run over by a train shortly after he was stopped by Montreal police.
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) says a call was placed to emergency services around 11:40 p.m. on Friday reporting that a individual had been struck by a train.
The agency says the victim was a 27-year-old man who had been stopped by police officers in Montreal’s West Island for public drunkenness around 20 minutes earlier.
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It says information provided to investigators suggests he spoke with police for several minutes before leaving.
Montreal police said on Friday that they have opened an internal investigation into a separate incident in which a police officer was seen shoving a Black man who fell and hit his head on a concrete block.
The investigation comes after a video of the incident was shared on social media.
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