The civilian watchdog which oversees police in British Columbia has deployed its investigators to Creston after a youth died following a police interaction on Wednesday.

A statement from the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) states that the interaction happened just after 3:30 a.m on Wednesday December 14, when an officer with Creston RCMP was conducting a vehicle check on a pickup truck parked on a driveway.

BC RCMP, in its own statement following the event, said that the driver, a young man, put his car in reverse, during at which time the officer discharged his weapon.

The driver and vehicle left the scene, but was found a short distance away, in a ditch along Highway 3A and Mather Road, with the young male suffering from a gunshot wound. Police said emergency services failed to revive the man, who was declared deceased on the scene.

IIO said the accounts from RCMP have not yet been verified, and investigators are looking to speak to anyone with more information or potential video footage of the incident.

KCR News report: Youth dies after interaction with Creston police