A corner’s inquest into the death of a 22-year-old Indigenous man heard Tuesday morning about the high speed car chase he was in with police minutes before he was fatally shot in October 2017.
The short pursuit took place in North Battleford.
Corporal Robert Topping is an a accident reconstructionist with the RCMP.
He says the Buick LeSabre Brydon Whitstone was driving was incapable of exceeding more than six miles per hour after multiple collisions with police vehicles.
The driver’s side door was also seriously dented which may have made it difficult for him to exit the vehicle as police were requesting.
The officer who fatally shot Whitstone told the investigation his decision was based on the fact he believed authorities were in imminent danger because of the Onion Lake man’s behaviour.
This includes the mistaken police assessment that Whitstone possessed a gun.
Upon further investigation, police later learned they were pursuing the wrong vehicle and there were no firearms in the Buick LeSabre Whitstone was driving.
The inquest is expected to wrap up Friday.
(PHOTO: Brydon Whitstone. File Photo)