News Release
SIU Investigating Serious Injury Suffered by Man in Essex County Crash
Case Number: 21-OVI-358
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- At approximately 8:30 p.m. on October 22, 2021, an off-duty Windsor Police Service officer saw a driver operating a pickup truck erratically in the area of Huron Church Road at Cabana Road in LaSalle and called it in. An on-duty police officer then spotted the vehicle on Howard Avenue and attempted to pull the driver over.
- The driver exited the truck in the area of Howard Avenue and Alma Street in Amherstburg and the vehicle hit a pole.
- The man was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a serious injury.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.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
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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES