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Squamish RCMP provides update on bank robbery and officer crash investigation

The suspect who was arrested now has a future court date; the officer who was injured in the crash is back at work: RCMP
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The 小蓝视频 has posed several questions to the RCMP regarding this incident since it occurred and will continue to publish all the updates we receive.

The Squamish RCMP has released more information about the bank robbery and officer crash that occurred in late April.

In an RCMP news release on 23 April, police reported that early that day, Mounties received a report of a motion alarm going off at the Squamish Savings bank on Pemberton Avenue.

The police officer who went to investigate found a broken window and saw a man carrying items leaving the bank through the window, according to police.

The officer called for immediate backup.

While driving a police cruiser鈥攚ith lights and sirens on鈥攖o the scene to assist, a second officer crashed into a median, police said.

"Due to heavy rainfall and puddling in the streets, while making the turn on Cleveland Avenue, the cruiser hydroplaned and collided with the centre median, causing significant damage to the vehicle," the release stated.

The officer was able to leave the crash, get to Squamish Savings and help the first officer arrest the suspect.

The second officer then went to the hospital to be assessed and was later released.

On 8 May, the RCMP issued a new press release stating that the investigation into the robbery continues.

The suspect arrested now has a future court date, police said.

鈥淯pon charge approval, police will be able to provide further information, including the man鈥檚 name and the charges he will face,鈥 reads the May 8 release.

The RCMP said that the member who sustained minor injuries from the collision has since returned to work.

鈥淥ur investigators have worked hard to put the pieces of this crime together and have made substantial progress,鈥 said Const. Eden Johner, of the Sea to Sky RCMP Squamish, in the release.

Johner told The 小蓝视频 that more information would be released soon.

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