Mountie Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash Near Victoria

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Apr, 2016 10:04 AM

LANGFORD, B.C. — An on-duty RCMP officer has been killed in a crash near Victoria.

Media photos taken at the crash site show a pickup truck and a badly damaged RCMP cruiser at an intersection in Langford, B.C.

The crash happened at around 3:30 a.m. today.

Mounties say the case of the crash remains under investigation.

Both the coroner and the Independent Investigations Office, which probes police-involved cases of death or serious injury, are at the scene of the accident.

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