News Release
SIU Investigating Two-Car Collision in Brampton that Injured Four Persons
Case Number: 16-OVI-326
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has started an investigation into a collision in Brampton that resulted in injuries to four persons.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- Just before 2:00 a.m., a Peel Regional Police officer attempted a traffic stop near Kennedy Road and Queen Street.
- The vehicle fled.
- A short time later, the fleeing vehicle collided with a cargo van at the intersection of Rutherford Road North and Vodden Street.
- The 26-year-old man who was driving the fleeing vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries. A 26-year-old male passenger was also injured and transported to hospital.
- Two men in the cargo van – 61-years-old and 58-years-old – were also taken to hospital.
The SIU has designated one subject officer and two witness officers as part of this investigation.
Six investigators, two forensic investigators, and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.
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