News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Serious Injuries Suffered by Two Persons After Collision with Toronto Police Cruiser

Case Number: 21-TVI-413   

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Mississauga, ON (9 December, 2021) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the serious injuries suffered by an elderly man and woman after a collision involving a cruiser driven by a Toronto Police Service officer last night.

Preliminary information suggests that at about 9 p.m. on December 8, 2021, there was a collision involving a cruiser and another vehicle at the intersection of Avenue Road and St. Clair Avenue West. 
  • The 84-year-old male driver of the civilian vehicle and a 79-year-old female passenger were taken to hospital. Both remain in hospital with serious injuries. 
  • Following the initial collision, the cruiser struck two other vehicles. The persons in those vehicles were not injured.
  • The police officer who was driving and another officer who was a passenger attended the hospital. They were not seriously injured.

Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. 

The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed this collision, including if they have video or photos, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php


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