RCMP Save Suspect From Certain Death

By Steve Chisholm Dec 14, 2018 | 9:55 AM

He’s facing charges, but the driver of a stolen vehicle can thank his RCMP pursuers for saving his life. The incident began on December 3rd when Onion Lake officers stopped a stolen vehicle on Highway 797 near the Onion Lake Cree Nation. Three passengers were arrested but the driver took off on foot. Constable Michael Page began a search for the man and was joined by Corporal Colin Pyne and his Service Dog Soap. For the next 2.5 hours, they searched for the driver, walking more than 12 kilometers through snow and woods. They finally found their quarry in the middle of the woods, lightly dressed, in -8 degree weather. While walking him back, the suspect collapsed. The officers picked him up and kept talking to him, urging him to keep walking. They called ahead for paramedics to meet them at the highway. Paramedics arrived to treat the man for low blood sugar and hypothermia. They say he was minutes away from a diabetic coma and would have died of exposure had he not been found.

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