Kugluktuk man jumped out of bylaw vehicle, coroner’s inquest hears
Witnesses testifying in entrance of a coroner’s inquest Monday say they noticed Austin Maniyogena soar from a shifting bylaw car the day he died.
An inquest into Maniyogena’s loss of life started in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, this week. Maniyogena, 22, died of a head damage whereas within the custody of the neighborhood’s RCMP in September 2018. He had been arrested by Kugluktuk’s bylaw officer for allegedly driving an ATV whereas intoxicated.
In her testimony, Andrea Koudloak mentioned she was strolling her son to high school on Sept. 19, 2018, when she noticed the bylaw car driving alongside the highway close to the neighborhood’s hamlet workplace. She mentioned her son started yelling saying a canine had jumped out of the again of the car.
Koudloak mentioned she seemed up and noticed the car cease. She walked nearer and realized it was really an individual. She mentioned she acknowledged Maniyogena’s jacket, walked as much as him and requested him if he knew who she was.
She mentioned Maniyogena nodded and requested her to name his mom. She agreed.
When she was strolling again from bringing her son to high school, she noticed Maniyogena being positioned behind an RCMP car by an RCMP officer.
One other witness, Crystal Miyok, informed the inquest that she was in one of many RCMP cells when officers introduced Maniyogena into the detachment. She mentioned she overheard the officers saying he had jumped out of the bylaw car.
She mentioned officers have been “actually tough” with Maniyogena after they positioned him into the cell reverse hers.
She recalled that he was barely shifting however began screaming that he was in ache.
“He mentioned ‘Oh my head, my head is admittedly sore’,” Miyok informed the inquest.
Miyok mentioned she yelled on the detachment’s guard that Maniyogena wanted to go to the well being centre. She mentioned the guard then walked over to her cell and informed her to “simply be quiet and thoughts your personal enterprise.”
A coroner’s inquest is necessary for all deaths that happen in RCMP custody. It’s being led by Sheldon Toner, lawyer for Nunavut’s chief coroner. Legal professionals for the RCMP, Authorities of Nunavut and the Authorities of the Northwest Territories are additionally current and capable of query witnesses.
The six-person jury is predicted to listen to from 17 witnesses over three days. Witnesses embody RCMP officers, medical doctors and a head damage specialist. Jurors will then be tasked with arising with a lot of suggestions on the best way to forestall related deaths sooner or later.
