News Release
SIU Investigating Niagara-on-the-Lake QEW Collision
Case Number: 17-PVI-158
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a 29-year-old man today in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- Shortly after noon on Monday, June 26, 2017, an Ontario Provincial Police officer was operating radar on westbound QEW when he observed a westbound vehicle driving at a high rate of speed.
- The officer began to follow the vehicle.
- A short time later, the driver of the vehicle exited the QEW at Glendale Avenue, lost control and ended up in a ditch beside the ramp.
- The driver of the vehicle was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. The passenger of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital, but was not diagnosed with any serious injury and was released.
Five investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is appealing to anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 ext. 2293. 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