News Release
SIU Investigates Motor Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision in Toronto
Case Number: 12-TVI-285
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Mississauga (30 September, 2012) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in Toronto.
On September 30th 2012, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) contacted the SIU and reported the following;
•At approximately 10:39 a.m. on September 30th, 2012, TPS officers responded to the area of Eglinton Avenue W. and Dufferin Street to investigate a report of a man with a knife on a TTC bus.
•Police located a 24 year old man at the scene. There was an interaction between them and the man fled on foot.
•The man was pursued by the officers to the intersection of Eglinton Avenue W. and Northcliffe Blvd. where he was struck by a civilian motor vehicle and suffered a fractured right leg.
•The man was apprehended and taken to Sunnybrook Hospital.
The SIU has assigned five investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1957 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1957.
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