{"id":850894,"date":"2026-08-08T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/850894\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:20:13","slug":"witnesses-sought-in-police-involved-motorcycle-crash-in-surrey-iio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/850894\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses sought in police-involved motorcycle crash in Surrey: IIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating a crash involving a motorcyclist who was allegedly fleeing Surrey Police Service (SPS) officers early Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to the civilian police watchdog, an SPS officer attempted to stop a speeding motorcycle at about 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The IIO said the rider did not stop and instead fled, at one point driving into oncoming traffic before colliding with a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>BC Emergency Health Services paramedics attended the scene and treated the motorcyclist, who was later transported to hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As the province\u2019s police oversight agency, the IIO has assumed jurisdiction over the investigation and will examine the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are asking anyone who witnessed the crash, or who has relevant dashcam or cellphone video, to contact the IIO.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating a crash involving a motorcyclist who was allegedly fleeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-850894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}