SURREY - Transit Police have asked the Independent Investigation Office (IIO) to investigate the in-custody death of a 41-year-old Surrey man after Transit Police took him to Surrey Memorial Hospital early Friday morning.
Transit Police spokeswoman Anne Drennan said the man, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody under the Mental Health Act for "irrational behaviour" on a Coast Mountain bus at the Surrey Central bus loop at 11:30 p.m. Thursday."He was rambling incoherently and hiding under a seat in the bus," Drennan said, adding the police officers asked him if he'd like to be taken to hospital, admitted under the MHA. "He said yes, he would. He was compliant."When they arrived at SMH, the man fell into medical distress."Despite the medical assistance, he was pronounced dead at 39 minutes after midnight," Drennan said. "There will be an autopsy."