News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating a Crash at the Scene of a Fatal Collision in Binbrook

Case Number: 15-PVI-310   

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Binbrook (22 December, 2015) ---
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding a crash that occurred at the scene of an earlier fatal collision Monday evening in Binbrook.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • Just before 8:00 p.m. Monday night, Hamilton Police closed the road at Highway 56 and Kirk Road.  Officers were investigating a pedestrian struck and killed at that intersection.
  • Close to 8:30 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police notified the Hamilton Police of a robbery suspect in a vehicle driving towards the intersection.
  • The suspect vehicle failed to stop at the scene and collided with another vehicle carrying a 58-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl.
  • The man was transported to hospital with a broken clavicle.  The girl was uninjured.
  • The 29-year-old robbery suspect was arrested at the scene.         

The SIU has assigned five investigators, two forensic investigators, and one traffic reconstructionist as part of the investigation.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact the lead investigator at 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