News Release
No Basis to Lay Criminal Charges Against Officer in Relation to Highway 407 Collision with Pickup Truck
Case Number: 18-TVI-118
In the morning of April 17, 2018, a Toronto Police Service officer was traveling along Highway 407 when he lost control of his vehicle, causing it to slide into a pickup truck. The impact forced the pickup truck off the roadway, over the guardrail and down a hill toward railroad tracks, where it came to rest. The Interim Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against the officer in relation to the serious injuries sustained by the 69-year-old driver of the pickup truck.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.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