News Release
SIU Investigating Death of Motorcyclist in Toronto
Case Number: 18-TVD-318
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- At approximately 5:30 p.m. on October 28, 2018, a Toronto Police Service officer operating a marked cruiser attempted to pull over a motorcycle that was traveling westbound on Highway 401.
- Just past Leslie Street, the motorcyclist pulled over on the north shoulder of Highway 401 in the collectors lane. As the officer approached the vehicle, the motorcyclist made a U-turn and went eastbound in the westbound lanes. The motorcyclist then went the wrong way up the off-ramp of Leslie Street and became involved in a collision with another vehicle.
- The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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