A Chilliwack woman had to be taken to hospital for a "serious injury" following an early-morning arrest Nov. 22, according to the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC).
According to the police watchdog organization, staff of a Chilliwack restaurant called RCMP at about 2:30 a.m. because an "impaired woman was refusing to take a cab and had entered her vehicle."
Officers arrived to find the woman in the driver's seat with the engine running. She eventually exited the vehicle, but then tried to re-enter it, according to the IIO.
"The officers attempted to stop her but the situation escalated and ultimately resulted in officers taking her into custody," they said in a release on Nov. 25. "Emergency Health Services transported her to hospital where it was determined that she had suffered a serious injury."
The IIO is now investigating police actions into the incident.
