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RCMP officer faces impaired driving charge in fatal B.C. crash

IAN BAILEY

Globe and Mail Update and Canadian Press

October 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM EDT

VANCOUVER — One of the four officers involved in the fatal confrontation with Robert Dziekanski is now facing charges of impaired driving after a 21-year-old man was killed in a collision over the weekend.

RCMP spokesman Sergeant Tim Shields confirmed an off-duty member of the force was involved in the collision that resulted in the death of motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson.

The officer, who serves on the Olympic Integrated Security Unit, has been released on a promise to appear for impaired driving causing death and exceeding the legal limit.

He is was one of the four Mounties involved in last year's fatal confrontation with Robert Dziekanski, who died after being hit by a taser at the Vancouver airport.

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Delta police are investigating the weekend collision. The officer has been suspended with pay.

"I need to say that, on behalf of RCMP members and employees across Canada, this is the most unimaginable heartbreak ever and we are sick about it," said Sgt. Shields.

"The officer involved is predictably devastated, as are we," he said.

To the dead man's family, he added: "Our deepest and most heartfelt and sincere condolences are with you and our hearts and prayers are with you."

The other three officers involved in the Dziekanski confrontation remain on duty but Sgt. Shields would not say where.

The name of the officer will not be released until he is formally charged at his first court appearance in January.

Mr. Hutchinson was killed Saturday night when his motorcycle collided with a Jeep in nearby Tsawwassen.

Police said the driver of the Jeep failed a breathalyzer test and faces at least two charges in connection with the accident.

The accused was released Sunday by Delta police. RCMP have no role in the criminal investigation, he said.

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