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Manitoba Mountie charged with dangerous driving after crash on Highway 59

Charges ofdangerous driving causing bodily harm have been laid against a Manitoba RCMP officer for a crash that sent two peopleto hospital, the province's police watchdog says.

Officer and another person were sent to hospital after September crash east of Niverville: police watchdog

A police officer with his RCMP shoulder badge pictured.
A Manitoba RCMP officer has a court summons for March after being charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Charges ofdangerous driving causing bodily harm have been laid against a Manitoba RCMP officer after a crash that sent two peopleto hospital last fall,theIndependent Investigation Unit of Manitoba says.

Officers responding to a call around 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 10crossed into theintersection of Highway 59 and 311,just east of Niverville. Their cruiser collided with a civilian vehicle, the province's police watchdog said in a news release Friday.

One officer suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital in Steinbach. The officerwas treated and released.

The driver of the civilian vehicle was sent to the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg and admitted for care.

The IIUinvestigated and determined there were grounds to believe an offence occurred under the Criminal Code.

As a result, an RCMP constable has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and ordered to appear in courtin St-Pierre-Jolys in March.

The investigative unit, which is mandated to investigate all serious incidents involving police in Manitoba, says it will not comment further because thematter is now before the courts.