Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team says the injuries sustained by a man who ran into a tree stump during an arrest last fall were not the fault of an RCMP officer.
In a report released today, the police watchdog says RCMP responded to a 911 call on Oct. 10 reporting a possible impaired driver who had threatened a man with a gun
A police officer later followed a pickup truck into the driveway of a home in Lower East Chezzetcook, where the 23-year-old suspect jumped out and tried to flee.
The report says the officer yelled at the man to stop, but he continued to head into woods behind the home where he ran into an uprooted tree stump hitting his face.
The man was knocked unconscious and medical tests conducted the next day determined he fractured the orbital bone near his left eye.
Investigators say the arrest attempt was justified and there are no grounds to consider charges against the officer because the suspect's injuries were the result of his decision to run into the woods.
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