News Release
SIU Investigates Motor Vehicle Injury in Scarborough
Case Number: 13-PVI-173
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Mississauga (23 July, 2013) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the injury sustained by a 23-year-old male in Scarborough last night.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Monday, July 22, 2013 an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police attempted to stop a motorcycle travelling southbound on Kennedy Road.
• At the intersection of Summer Drive and Kennedy Road the motorcycle was involved in a collision with a civilian vehicle.
• The driver of the motorcycle was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center for treatment of his injuries.
The SIU has assigned three 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 416-622-2314 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 2314.
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