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Both drivers were taken to the hospital after an RCMP cruiser collided with an SUV at Glover Road and the Langley Bypass on Monday morning. Both drivers suffered only minor injuries, police said.
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Cruiser clips SUV in intersection An RCMP cruiser and an SUV collided on Monday morning at a busy Langley intersection. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
An RCMP officer and another driver were taken away by ambulance Monday morning
after a two-vehicle collision at Glover Road and the Langley Bypass. The crash took place around 8:20 a.m., and saw the Langley Mountie’s cruiser and a black SUV collide. The officer, who called in the crash himself, had been heading west on the Langley Bypass when he saw a traffic violation, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. The officer apparently tried to
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The two cars were both damaged, and the cruiser’s front end was mangled in the collision. The Integrated Collision Analyst Reconstruction Team was called out to look into the crash. The Independent Investigations Office, which has civilian oversight into crashes and other incidents involving the RCMP, will be consulted, Marks said. The IIO can decide if it wants to look into the crash.
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turn to follow the violator, and his cruiser clipped the front end of an eastbound SUV. The driver of the SUV was taken away on a stretcher in an ambulance. The RCMP officer was mobile after the accident, but was put into a neck brace, loaded onto a back board and stretcher, and also taken to hospital as a precaution. Their injuries are thought to be minor, Marks said.
A man wanted for evading justice for eight years has been tracked down and is back in court, say the Langley RCMP. Jason Burkard, 38, has avoided all contacts with the government since he skipped out on his conditional sentence on May 17, 2005. Burkard was originally arrested after a police chase near the Greater Vancouver Zoo
in Aldergrove. Several tips about an erratic driver were called in on Nov. 25, 2004, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. When one of the Mounties responding got close to the car, it struck his cruiser while trying to evade capture. The car was then spotted again near the Greater Vancouver Zoo, where it had hit another car. The driver ditched the car in the zoo’s parking lot and fled on foot, but a witness pointed out his hiding spot to police. Burkard was found guilty of possession of stolen property, dangerous driving, and theft on March 1, 2005, having been held in custody since his arrest.
He was released on an 18-month conditional sentence order. However, on May 17, Burkard visited Chilliwack Community Corrections to check in. He was told to come back a week later, but never turned up. An arrest warrant was issued in June, Marks said. Almost eight years later, the Langley RCMP Crime Reduction Team re-started efforts to find the long-lost wanted man. They found he was living in Hope, and contacted some of his family there. Plans were made to arrest him at his home on Feb. 26, but he turned himself in to the Hope RCMP the same day. Burkard was scheduled to appear in court Thursday.