News Release

News Release

SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Collision in Plympton-Wyoming

Case Number: 13-PVI-229   

Mississauga (16 September, 2013) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is appealing for witnesses to a collision this weekend in Plympton-Wyoming that resulted in serious injuries to a 25-year-old woman.

Preliminary information indicates the following:
• At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2013, officers with the  Ontario Provincial Police attempted to stop a vehicle being operated by a 29-year-old male;
• The vehicle did not stop and officers followed the vehicle until it went into a ditch on Camlachie Road, south of Confederation Line;
• While the driver did not sustain serious injuries, his 25-year-old female passenger sustained a fractured collar bone. She was taken to a local hospital and was transferred to London Health Sciences Centre for further treatment.

The SIU has assigned four 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 416-622-1898 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1898.

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