Alberta’s police watchdog — the Alberta Severe Incident Response Crew (ASIRT) — says they’re investigating the occasions surrounding a person’s disappearance within the North Saskatchewan River on Tuesday.
ASIRT says round 2:15 a.m., Edmonton Police Service officers tried to cease a person on a motorbike for a bylaw infraction close to 93 Road and 82 Avenue.
The officers reportedly turned on their emergency lights and informed the person to cease, however he fled on his bike into the ravine and headed west in direction of the Outdated Timers Cabin on Scona Street.
Police say a short while later, the person was seen heading towards the south financial institution of the river, simply east of the Walterdale Bridge, the place he was once more informed to cease.
EPS says it was presently, the person jumped from the financial institution onto the river ice and drifted away from the shore. Not lengthy after, he was pulled underneath the water.
Following this, police started to look the river with the assistance of Air1 and different assets, however haven’t been capable of find the person.
Investigators are additionally within the technique of attempting to substantiate the person’s id.
