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co-operative. There was no criminal intent,” said Carr. The BC Office of the Police ComThe family of Andrew Leduc has plaints Commission has reviewed spent almost an entire year waiting the case and tentatively agrees with for justice, after the father of three Surrey RCMP’s findings. was run over and killed by a semi On Aug. 7, 2013, at 3 a.m., the conbobtail truck driven by a Surrey sultant, after working with Surrey RCMP consultant last August. police recreating a crash which But justice did not come for Ankilled a Surrey RCMP officer, was drew, said family members, after travelling eastbound in the curb hearing police will not recommend lane in the 19500 block of Langley charges. Bypass when he struck and killed “I called up the lead investigator Leduc. He kept driving. to get an update since we are nearLeduc was thrown more than ing the anniversary of Andrew’s 100 feet into death (Aug. the opposite 7, 2013),” said lanes and proAndrew’s older nounced dead brother Adam at the scene. last week. Prior to the “He tells me RCMP consulthere is no tant hitting supporting evLeduc, police idence to lay confirm that charges. It just other vehihit me in the ADAM LEDUC cles managed gut. I actualto swerve and ly hung up on avoid hitting him because I Leduc who was couldn’t believe it. walking in the curb travel lane of “My brother is dead in the ground traffic. and this guy can take a vacation “The driver knew he hit someand relax,” said Adam. thing but figured it was a minor Family members and friends have thing, like debris, on the road,” said expressed their disappointment to Carr. It wasn’t until he parked the The Times in the forms of letters and semi in a yard in Mission that he emails, since learning the outcome saw what had happened. of the investigation. For Adam, that doesn’t sit well. Surrey RCMP Major Crimes said “If this guy is a former traffic safeafter a “comprehensive and thorty guy, and he knew he hit someough eight-month investigation, thing, shouldn’t he stop and look?” Surrey RCMP tentatively found that In the morning hours after Leduc no criminality existed on the part of was killed, police put out a descripthe driver involved in this collision.” tion of the older model blue semi Police said the RCMP consultant cab to the media and by mid-afterdriving the semi didn’t know he noon, Surrey RCMP had located and had hit and killed anyone until latseized the semi. er, when he saw some troubling eviThe driver was located and was dence on the truck. questioned by Surrey RCMP that Surrey RCMP Sgt. Dale Carr said same day. the consultant’s cellphone battery Surrey RCMP asked the Indepenhad died so he went home and dent Investigation Office to step in within a few hours after the crash, but the IIO turned it down because he called police. “He didn’t alter evidence, he was
My brother is dead in the ground and this guy can take a vacation and relax.
DAN FER GUSON L an gley Tim es
Marshal Stevens, 3, was thoroughly enjoying his smokie Sunday morning at the Camaro Show and Shine at the George Preston Recreation Centre. The Langley resident arrived in dad’s just-completed customized truck with his older brother.
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