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A police oversight agency has been notified after a Saskatchewan RCMP officer hit a 16-year-old pedestrian with a police vehicle while responding to a call on Tuesday night.
According to the Mounties, officers from the Punnichy RCMP detachment got a “firearms-related call” at a rural home on the Kawacatoose First Nation, southeast of Saskatoon, just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, and one of the officers heading to the scene struck the teen boy on the Kandahar grid road.
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The boy was seriously injured, the RCMP said. He was airlifted to a hospital in Regina by a STARS helicopter, and has since been transferred to Saskatoon. The officer who was driving was unhurt, the Mounties noted.
The RCMP said the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team – a provincial agency aiming to provide police oversight – was notified of the collision as required by law.
SIRT has been deployed to a collision involving an @RCMPSK vehicle and a pedestrian that took place overnight on the Kawacatoose First Nation and resulted in serious injury to one person. Details to follow.
— Serious Incident Response Team – Saskatchewan (@SIRT_SK) April 9, 2025
“SIRT will investigate the circumstances of the collision and the pedestrian’s injuries,” the Saskatchewan RCMP said in a statement.
“The Saskatchewan RCMP is disclosing this as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency.”
The incident that prompted the initial police response remains under investigation, the Mounties added.
