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Quebec police watchdog investigating death of man who fled police hours after stop – Montreal
Quebec’s police watchdog says it has opened an investigation after a man died several hours after being stopped by police for impaired driving.
The Bureau des enquetes independantes (BEI) said in a release that the 25-year-old man was stopped by provincial police Sunday shortly after midnight .
The agency says he was taken to a police station, where a breath test showed he was over the legal limit, and then taken home by police.
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According to the BEI, police say they were called back to the man’s home in Saint-Ferdinand, Que., at around 4 a.m. by the man’s spouse, who said he had made suicidal comments.
Police say when they arrived, the man fled into a wooded area.
According to police, he was found inanimate shortly before 8 a.m. and was declared dead in hospital.
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