News Release
SIU Investigating Injuries to Pedestrian in Mississauga
Case Number: 12-OVI-220
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SIU Concludes Investigation into Injuries Sustained by Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle in Mississauga
Mississauga (31 July, 2012) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a 46-year-old pedestrian this evening in Mississauga.
Peel Regional Police contacted the SIU and reported the following:
• At approximately 8:00 p.m. on July 31, 2012, officers were conducting an investigation on Absolute Drive, in the area of Burnhamthorpe Road and Hurontario Street;
• Officers attempted to arrest an individual in a vehicle;
• The vehicle drove onto the sidewalk, struck a male pedestrian and fled the scene;
• The injured man was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital for treatment of head injuries, internal injuries and a fractured leg.
The SIU has assigned four investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist and to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1957.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations