News Release
SIU Investigating Multi-Vehicle Collision in Kitchener
Case Number: 17-OVI-018
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The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding a multi-vehicle collision in Kitchener this morning.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, a Waterloo Regional Police officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Spadina Road. When the driver of the vehicle did not stop, the officer followed the vehicle.
- On Belmont Avenue, between Queen’s Boulevard and Spadina Road, the fleeing vehicle collided with several other vehicles.
- A pedestrian was struck and sustained serious injuries. Two occupants of another vehicle were also injured. All three individuals were transported to hospital.
- The driver of the vehicle fled the scene on foot.
Eight investigators, two forensic investigators and two collision reconstructionists 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. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.
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