News Release
SIU Investigating Beaverton Collision
Case Number: 20-OVI-239
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No Criminal Wrongdoing Found in Relation to Beaverton ATV Collision
- Shortly after midnight on September 27, 2020, a Durham Regional Police Service officer in an unmarked police vehicle was in the area of Simcoe Street and Mara Road when he observed an ATV that did not have a licence plate. In addition, the driver did not have a helmet.
- The officer asked the 46-year-old driver to pull the ATV over.
- Instead, the driver attempted to flee and struck the curb, causing the ATV to flip over.
- The man was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
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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