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Police cleared in collision that flipped protesting B.C. farmer’s tractor

IIO finds police did not commit an offence in Nov. 25 Surrey crash that injured Chilliwack man
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Police chased the tractor along Highway 1 until the 176th Street offramp, where it collided with a BC Highway Patrol vehicle on Nov. 25, 2023. (Photo: Curtis Kreklau/ South Fraser News Services)

A Surrey-based police watchdog has cleared the BC Highway Patrol of any wrongdoing in the Nov. 25, 2023, crash between a tractor and police vehicle that sent a Chilliwack man to hospital.

A press release issued by the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) on Friday (Feb. 9) states that “there are no reasonable grounds to believe any officer may have committed an offence.

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Anna Burns

About the Author: Anna Burns

I started with Black Press Media in the fall of 2022 as a multimedia journalist after finishing my practicum at the Surrey Now-Leader.
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