Nunavik youth dies after being struck by motorcycle
Police say youth was struck while riding his bicycle in Kangirsuk late on June 9
A former Nunavik police officer will be sentenced May 21 for assaulting a Kangirsuk woman who called for police assistance in 2016. (File photo)
A Nunavik youth, aged 15, has died after a motorcycle struck him while he was riding his bicycle late on Tuesday, June 9.
Kativik Regional Police Force officers and paramedics responded to the collision in Kangirsuk that evening at around 11 p.m.
First responders performed CPR on the youth, but he died later in the community health centre, the KRPF said in a news release.
The KRPF have since handed the investigation over to the Sûreté du Québec, though the police have yet to make any arrests in connection with the collision.
As under age is always mentioned on radio, nothing ever been done not even enforce the rules aren’t stopping by-laws. There’s a label on vehicles that requires only 16 years and up only. I’m sorry for the family that lost teenage boy and R.I.P. and I like to express my condolence and sympathy to the family.
The driver was not under the age of 16, the boy was on a bicycle with the driver well over 21