News Release
SIU Investigates Vehicle Injuries in Oro-Medonte Township
Case Number: 14-PVI-119
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Mississauga (29 May, 2014) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the vehicle injuries sustained by a 27-year-old man yesterday afternoon.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 28, 2014 an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Southern Georgian Bay Detachment, attempted to stop a motorcycle travelling southbound in the area of Line 2, Oro-Medonte Township.
• The motorcyclist did not stop.
• A collision involving a police vehicle and the motorcycle occurred at the intersection of Line 2 and Mount St. Louis Road West.
• The motorcyclist suffered serious injuries and was initially taken to Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, and later transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital.
The SIU has assigned four investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident. Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1886 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1886.
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