CHASE, B.C. — B.C.'s police watchdog has been to the southern Interior community of Chase, where a young woman was seriously injured last Friday after jumping from a bridge.
The Independent Investigations Office says the same woman had jumped in front of a vehicle in the area shortly before, but was not hurt.
The driver of the vehicle reported it to police and an officer went to the area.
A statement from the office says an RCMP officer was able to track her down and speak with her, but she was not detained.
It says she leaped from the bridge a few minutes later. The statement from the office says an investigation will determine what role, if any, RCMP actions or inactions may have had in the case.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 5, 2020.
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