Watchdog investigating after senior dies following police intervention in Alberta hospital

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating after a 72-year-old man died in a Sundre, Alta. hospital following a police intervention, the RCMP says.

On Friday around 11 a.m. police received a call from an Alberta Health Services peace officer to assist with a "physically violent" person at alocal hospital there, approximately 100 kilometresnorthwest of Calgary.

A physical confrontation happened between the man and police. Following it the manwent into medical distress, dying in hospitalaround 12:20 p.m., theRCMP said.

The ASIRTis now investigatingthe circumstances surrounding the actions of police and thepeace officer, according to a news release by the RCMP.

The RCMP is also carrying out aninternal reviewto gather a full account of what took place meaningpolicetraining and response, policyand the duty status of the members involved will be subject to review.