B.C. RCMP officer may face charges for striking pedestrians in Revelstoke [Video]

British Columbia’s police oversight agency is asking prosecutors to consider criminal charges against a Mountie who struck two pedestrians in a crosswalk in Revelstoke last year.

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. said Wednesday it is satisfied that the off-duty RCMP officer may have committed an offence in the collision that sent a man and a woman to hospital.

The crash happened around 4:35 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2023, when the unnamed Mountie drove through the intersection of Fourth Street and Campbell Avenue in the city’s downtown, striking the victims in a crosswalk.

Both victims were taken to hospital for treatment of their injuries.

The police watchdog, which probes all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death in B.C., whether or not there are any allegations of wrongdoing on the part of the police, says medical records show that one of the victims’ injuries met the threshold of …