News Release
SIU Investigating Collision in Vaughan
Case Number: 16-OVI-292
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The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by an 18-year-old woman in Vaughan late last night.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 24, 2016, York Regional Police officers saw a suspicious vehicle traveling southbound on Pine Valley Drive. However, they lost sight of the vehicle when it fled onto Highway 407 going eastbound.
- A short time later, the vehicle struck a tree on Weston Road, north of Steeles Avenue West.
- The driver of the vehicle fled by foot, but was later apprehended. The 18-year-old female passenger had to be removed from the vehicle by firefighters. She was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with an ankle fracture.
Four investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 ext. 1935.
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