SiRT investigating driver injuries from crash after Halifax police pursuit

The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) is investigating serious injuries that were sustained by a young adult male following a police pursuit, according to a news release.

A Halifax Regional Police officer was monitoring pedestrian traffic on Lacewood and Thomas Raddall drives during a student walkout on the morning of March 11.

The officer allegedly noticed a car driving in an erratic manner and activated his emergency equipment, proceeding in the direction the car was driving.

The car crashed into a pole and medical records indicate the driver sustained serious injuries to his back and head, according to the release.

Due to the serious injuries, SiRT has assumed responsibility for the investigation.

SiRT is responsible for investigating matters involving death, serious injury, sexual assault and intimate partner violence or other matters of public interest that may have arisen from the actions of a police officer in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.

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