Calgary police officer cleared by ASIRT in 2014 crash

A Calgary police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in a motor vehicle collision that sent three people to hospital, two of them with serious injuries in late 2014.

Police responded to a call on Dec. 11, 2014 at about 11:30 a.m. at a convenience store on the corner of Douglasdale Boulevard and 130th Avenue S.E.

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A stolen Nissan Frontier truck was seen swerving by a witness. A man was driving and a there was a female passenger.

A police officer tried to stop the truck but it took off going at a high rate of speed.

The truck went through a red light at 46th Street and 130th Avenue S.E. striking a small car with two male occupants. The force of the collision then caused another collision with a vehicle with two women in it.

Two men were taken to hospital with serious injuries and the women also received injuries.

The suspects fled the scene but were later apprehended.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigated to determine if the police officer's actions caused or contributed to the incident.

"Reliable eyewitness evidence, supported by data retrieved from the police vehicle, established that the officer operated the police vehicle at reasonable and responsible speeds during this event," the agency said in a release Wednesday.

"On the whole of the evidence, there are no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer's conduct could constitute a criminal offence. Equally important, the evidence establishes that there was nothing the officer could have or should have done differently that might have prevented this terrible event."

ASIRT concluded the incident was caused by the actions of the driver of the stolen truck.

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