News Release
SIU Investigates Motor Vehicle Collision in Kingston
Case Number: 14-OVD-150
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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding a collision between a motorcycle and a car at approximately 3:20 pm yesterday afternoon.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
- Police observed a motorcycle with two occupants.
- The motorcycle entered the intersection of Patrick Street and John Street and collided with a car.
- Both occupants of the motorcycle, a 37-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, were taken to Kingston General Hospital with serious injuries.
The SIU has assigned four investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1886 or 1-800-787-8529 ext. 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