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Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Pursuant to section14 (i.e., law enforcement), certain information may not be included in this report. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following: 

• Confidential investigative techniques and procedures used by law enforcement agencies; and 
• Information that could reasonably be expected to interfere with a law enforcement matter or an investigation undertaken with a view to a law enforcement proceeding. 

Pursuant to section 21 (i.e., personal privacy), protected personal information is not included in this report. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following: 

•  The names of persons, including civilian witnesses, and subject and witness officials; 
• Location information; 
• Witness statements and evidence gathered in the course of the investigation provided to the SIU in confidence; and 
• Other identifiers which are likely to reveal personal information about individuals involved in the investigation. 

Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004

Pursuant to this legislation, any information related to the personal health of identifiable individuals is not included.

Other proceedings, processes, and investigations

Information may also have been excluded from this report because its release could undermine the integrity of other proceedings involving the same incident, such as criminal proceedings, coroner’s inquests, other public proceedings and/or other law enforcement investigations.

 

Figure 1 - The scene at McLaughlin and Mayfield Roads.

There were gouge marks visible on the roadway within the intersection. Vehicle debris and fluid trails were also located in a southwest direction from the gouge marks.

There were three vehicles involved in the collision and one police vehicle was reported to have arrived moments after the collision.

A white Mercedes Sprinter Van 2500 was stopped in the eastbound lane, just beyond the stop line for eastbound traffic on Mayfield Road. This vehicle had minor damage to the front end. There was a radiator on the roadway north of this vehicle. The front bumper and licence plate of a Hyundai Elantra was on the roadway behind the van.

Figure 3 - Damage to the front of the Mercedes Sprinter van.

A black 2009 Honda Accord had damage to the front end. This vehicle was orientated in a southeast direction in the field on the southwest quadrant of the intersection. The vehicle had extensive front left collision damage. Both the driver’s front and side airbags had deployed. The markings in the field and roadway indicated the vehicle was being operated in a southerly direction on McLaughlin Road, when it was involved in a collision with a westbound vehicle within the intersection. The driver’s seatbelt was extended indicating it was in use at the time of the collision.

Figure 4 - The black Honda Accord with extensive front-end damage.

A white 2016 Hyundai Elantra came to rest on its side in the field southwest of the intersection. It had traveled approximately 40 metres into the field and had extensive overall damage. The vehicle had front right, right side and right rear collision damage. The front windshield was smashed out. The keys to the vehicle were on the interior of the right front door. The driver’s seatbelt was extended indicating that it was in use at the time of the collision. The markings in the field and roadway indicated the vehicle was being operated in a westerly direction on Mayfield Road, when it was involved in a collision with a southbound vehicle. The vehicle continued in a southwest direction striking the right front of the Sprinter van. The vehicle continued striking a hydro pole on the south side of Mayfield Road, continuing into the vacant field striking a fence and overturning before coming to a rest.

Figure 5 - The Hyundai Elantra situated on its side in the field.

The PRP vehicle was a Ford F150 pickup truck. It did not have the graphic design of a PRP vehicle, but it had emergency lighting. This vehicle was undamaged. It was stopped in a southerly direction in the southbound lane of McLaughlin Road and south of the intersection.



Figure 6 - The undamaged PRP Ford 150.

The vehicle was not running and was locked. On obtaining the keys to the vehicle and turning the ignition to the on position, the vehicle’s emergency lighting came on. The lights were both photographed, and a separate video was taken of the lighting equipment. The police vehicle was equipped with a siren with multiple settings that all functioned as designed. The vehicle also had a functioning horn.

There was a gouge mark in the intersection and a fluid trail that led in a southwest direction towards where the Honda and Hyundai vehicles came to rest.

Scene Diagram

Pursuit Route

The video recording produced by the SIU begins in the area of Mayfield and Kennedy Roads proceeding in a westerly direction on Mayfield Road. There are two lanes in each direction. There are residences on the north side and vacant land on the south side. The posted speed limit is 60 km/h. There is a slight decline in the roadway to the intersection with Snellview Boulevard, which is controlled with overhead streetlights. There is a bridge at the valley of the decline with Valleyview Road on the south side of the roadway and west of the bridge. There is an unobstructed view of traffic on Mayfield Road from the intersection with Valleyview Road.

Continuing west, Mayfield Road starts to go up an incline in the roadway. The speed is still 60 km/h. The intersection with Summer Valley Drive is controlled with overhead streetlights. The businesses are on the north side of the road and residences on the south side. Continuing west is the intersection with Colonel Bertram Road with businesses on both sides of the roadway. Further west is the intersection with Hurontario Road with two-left turn lanes, two-westbound lanes and one-right turn lane. There are Petro Canada gas stations in the northeast and southwest quadrants of the intersection. A Tim Hortons is in the southeast quadrant and residences are in the northwest corner. Continuing west through the intersection, the roadway narrows to one westbound lane. The speed limit is still posted at 60 km/h.

Forensic Evidence

On January 13, 2021, at 1:43 p.m., the PRP provided the Automatic Vehicle locator data for the police cruiser operated by the SO.

The following is a summary of the data.:

• 8:42:45 a.m. - The cruiser was stopped at Valleyview Road;
• 9:23:37 a.m. - The cruiser was westbound on Mayfield Road at 82 km/h in a 60 km/h zone with speed increasing;
• 9:24:19 a.m. - The cruiser was westbound on Mayfield Road approaching Robertson Davies Drive at 124 km/h in 80 km/h zone (976 metres west of Valleyview Road), thereafter slowing; and
• 9:26:45 a.m. - The cruiser was stopped at McLaughlin Road.

Video/Audio/Photographic Evidence [1]

On January 13, 2021, at 1:43 p.m., the PRP provided communications recordings of relevance, as set out below:

Summary of telephone conversations

• 9:26:52 a.m. The PRP communicator called the ambulance dispatch requesting they attend at Mayfield Road at McLaughlin Road in relation to a motor vehicle collision. The police communicator indicated that a police officer [now known to be the SO] had come upon two vehicles in a ditch. The communicator did not know if there was more than one patient but said that the person was unconscious and the SO was asking for a rush on the ambulance; and
• 9:29:31 a.m. The PRP communicator called the OPP requesting assistance. The SO was having difficulty getting the driver [now known to be the Complainant] out of the vehicle, and the Complainant was conscious and breathing.

Summary of communications recordings

• 9:24:51 a.m. – the SO radioed the dispatcher advising of a collision at McLaughlin Road and Mayfield Road. He asked for an ambulance and other units to block off the road. WO #2 and WO #1 indicated they would respond. The SO asked for a sergeant to attend;
• 9:26:45 a.m. - the SO said two vehicles were involved, both were in the ditch. He needed emergency (fire and ambulance) immediately, and indicated that a male was still in the vehicle and not moving at all;
• 9:28:03 a.m. - the SO said he was having difficulty getting the male [now known to be the Complainant] out of the car;
• 9:30:10 a.m. - 9:31:23 a.m. - the SO indicated that the Complainant was moving and breathing. WO #2 noted the Complainant was conscious and breathing;
• 9:34:47 a.m. - The driver of the other vehicle [now known to be CW #2] was complaining of minor chest pain;
• 9:39:55 a.m. - the Complainant had been extracted from the vehicle;
• 9:58:10 a.m.-10:01:31 a.m. – a police unit would be following the ambulance [believed to be with CW #2] to Brampton Civic Hospital (BCH). An officer would be riding in the ambulance to BCH (with the Complainant); and
• 10:45:42 a.m.-10:47:06 a.m. – WO #1 asked the dispatcher to query a marker and Vehicle Identification Number [VIN]. The dispatcher said the VIN came back to a stolen vehicle, a Hyundai Elantra, 2017, white in colour.

The SIU searched for video records of relevance, as set out below:

Summary of Plaza’s Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)

On January 14, 2021, the SIU received CCTV footage from January 5, 2021, between 9:20 a.m. and 9:24:36 a.m. There were several CCTV cameras around the plaza’s exterior, two of which faced south towards Mayfield Road. Camera two was located at the east end of the plaza looking southwest. Camera three was situated in the middle of the plaza looking southeast. Both cameras captured the traffic flow on Mayfield Road.

Camera Two had a view of the east end ‘entrance only’ driveway from westbound Mayfield Road, and looked to the west:

• 9:23:26 a.m. - A white compact car [now known to be driven by the Complainant] entered the camera’s view westbound in the curb lane of Mayfield Road at the entrance to the plaza and continued west;
• 9:23:33 a.m. - the Complainant’s vehicle left the camera’s view at the extreme west end of the plaza. At the same time a black pickup truck entered the camera’s view as it began to cross the plaza entrance, westbound on Mayfield Road [now known to be driven by the SO]; and
• 9:23:38 a.m. - the SO’s police vehicle left the camera’s view at the extreme west end of the plaza.

Camera Three was located midway on the south side of the plaza looking southeast with a view of Mayfield Road:

• 9:23:23 a.m. - the Complainant’s vehicle was traveling west on Mayfield Road in the curb lane as it crossed the intersection of Summer Valley Drive;
• 9:23:27 a.m. - the Complainant’s vehicle left the camera’s view approximately midway across the front of the plaza;
• 9:23:30 a.m. - the SO’s black police pickup truck entered the camera’s view as it crossed the intersection of Summer Valley Drive, traveling west in the curb lane of Mayfield Road; and
• 9:23:34 a.m. - the SO’s police vehicle left the camera’s view approximately midway across the front of the plaza. The emergency lights were not flashing at the front of the SO’s police vehicle. The colour of the traffic lights for Mayfield Road at Summer Valley Drive was indeterminable.

Summary of Store’s CCTV

The store was in a strip plaza at Mayfield Road, just east of Hurontario Street. A CCTV camera at the front of the store looked southwest and captured the vehicular traffic on Mayfield Road. On January 14, 2021, the SIU obtained CCTV footage from January 5, 2021, between 9:20 a.m. and 9:22:48 a.m. The images captured on the CCTV were somewhat out of focus:

• 9:22:18 a.m. - A sedan [believed to be the Hyundai vehicle driven by the Complainant] travelled westbound on Mayfield Road at a speed greater than the other vehicles traveling west on Mayfield Road. It left the camera’s view at 9:22:21 a.m.; and
• 9:22:25 a.m. - A black pickup truck with a cap on the back [believed to be the police vehicle driven by the SO] was seen traveling westbound on Mayfield Road at a similar speed to the white sedan. It left the camera’s view at 9:22:28 a.m. A blue light could be seen at the rear of the pickup truck indicative of police emergency lights.

Materials Obtained from Police Service

The SIU obtained the following records from the PRP between January 7, 2021, and January 13, 2021:

• Notes of SO and WOs;
• Person Details – the Complainant;
• Occurrence Details (x2);
• Communications Audio Report-Phone;
• Communication Audio Report--Radio;
• PRP Crash Data Recorder (CDR)-2017 Hyundai Elantra;
• PRP CDR-Cruiser (Black Box download);
• GPS Data; and
• Suspect Apprehension Pursuit Policy.

Materials Obtained from Other Sources

The SIU obtained and reviewed the following records from other sources:

• Ambulance Call Reports – Peel EMS;
• Medical Record-SBHSC;
• Fire Department Incident Entry-Mayfield and McLaughlin; and
• CCTV Footage from two commercial premises on Mayfield Road.

320.13 (1) Everyone commits an offence who operates a conveyance in a manner that, having regard to all of the circumstances, is dangerous to the public.

(2) Everyone commits an offence who operates a conveyance in a manner that, having 

regard to all of the circumstances, is dangerous to the public and, as a result, causes bodily harm to another person.