A motorcyclist has been sentenced in a hit-and-run incident that injured a police officer in North Vancouver in 2019.
On August 31, Mark Daniel Webber was sentenced in North Vancouver Provincial Court for willfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer and dangerous operation of a conveyance. On February 09, 2019, North Vancouver RCMP officers were conducting speed enforcement westbound on Highway #1 west of Westview Drive in North Vancouver.
Officers observed a motorcycle travelling at 130 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. Officers tried to conduct a traffic stop by motioning the rider to pull over. The motorcycle slowed to a near stop and then accelerated toward the officer, striking him. The motorcyclist then sped away at a high rate of speed.
The officer who was hit was treated at the local hospital, although he still has lingering effects of the injuries from that day. The North Vancouver RCMP Traffic unit and Serious Crime unit worked diligently to gather evidence and identify the driver. They were able to use social media posts to obtain the identity of the rider and execute several search warrants, and subsequently obtained video from the rider’s helmet which had captured the entire incident.
On August 31, 2022, Mark Daniel Webber was sentenced in North Vancouver Provincial Court, for willfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer and dangerous operation of a conveyance.
Would be nice to know what the sentence that the motorcycle driver received.