News Release
SIU Investigates Vehicle Injuries in Huron County East
Case Number: 14-PVI-075
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Mississauga (26 March, 2014) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the vehicle injuries sustained by an 18-year-old woman early Wednesday morning in Huron County East.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at approximately 2:15 a.m. an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police attempted to stop a vehicle.
• The driver did not stop and later, while travelling on Division Line in Huron County East, collided into a snow bank and rolled over.
• The driver of the vehicle suffered serious injuries and was taken to Seaforth Community Hospital and then transferred to Victoria Hospital in London for treatment.
The SIU has assigned three investigators, one forensic investigator to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-2290 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 2290.
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