News Release
No Basis to Lay Charges in Relation to Man’s Fatal Fall from Highway 401 Overpass to Don Valley Golf Course
Case Number: 18-PCD-279
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SIU Investigating Death of Man in Toronto Who Fell from Highway 401
In the early morning hours of September 18, 2018, a 36-year-old man jumped from the Highway 401 overpass onto the Don Valley Golf Course below, suffering fatal injuries in the process. Moments prior to the fall, an OPP officer had been speaking to the man attempting to get him safely off the highway. 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 man’s death.
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