Hit-and-run driver who hurt 2 B.C. police officers handed 5-year prison sentence – BC

A man who left two B.C. police officers with life-altering injuries almost six years ago has been handed a five-year prison sentence.

Jason Kirupakaran, 35, was convicted of two counts each of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and failing to stop after an accident causing bodily harm in January.

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The collision happened on March 4, 2019 when Kirupakaran struck an Abbotsford police officer and a member of the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service on North Fraser Way in South Burnaby.

The officers were in a vehicle stopped on the side of the road when they were hit by a stolen vehicle.

On Thursday, Burnaby RCMP said Kirupakaran was handed a four-year sentence on the criminal negligence charges, along with a year sentence for fleeing the scene.

He was also handed a seven-year driving ban and a DNA order.