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ATV Riders did Not Sustain Serious Injury in Burlington Collision; SIU Terminates Investigation
Case Number: 18-PVI-190
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The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into a collision that occurred last month in Burlington between an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) cruiser.
On the morning of June 25, 2018, 911 received several calls regarding two individuals riding an ATV on the Queen Elizabeth Way highway from Niagara to Burlington. Officers located the ATV and attempted to stop it. However, the 35-year-old man operating the ATV refused to stop and soon after exited the highway. When the ATV attempted to get back on the highway, the ATV collided with an OPP vehicle. The ATV operator and his 33-year-old female passenger were transported to hospital for treatment.
Director Loparco said, “As neither individual suffered a serious injury in the collision, I have terminated the investigation into this incident.”
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