Crown won’t OK charges against Mountie over crash with B.C. motorcyclist

VICTORIA – Crown prosecutors in British Columbia say they won’t approve charges against a Mountie who was involved in a crash with a motorcyclist last December.

The accident took place Dec. 2, 2012 in Campbell River, B.C., while the officer was responding to a report of a speeding motorcyclist who failed to stop for police.

The province’s Criminal Justice Branch says the officer stopped his vehicle, straddling the lane in which the oncoming motorcycle was travelling.

The motorcyclist drove onto a gravel shoulder but lost control, sending his bike into a ditch and himself underneath the front of the police vehicle where he suffered significant injuries.

The branch says based on a report from the Independent Investigations Office, there’s not a substantial likelihood the officer would be convicted under the Criminal Code or the Motor Vehicle Act.

However, prosecutors have approved a number of driving-related charges against the motorcyclist.