News Release

SIU Investigating Collision near Marathon

Case Number: 11-PVI-185   

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Mississauga (12 September, 2011) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the injuries received by two people in a motor vehicle collision outside Marathon yesterday afternoon.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) contacted the SIU yesterday afternoon and reported that officers from the Schreiber Detachment of the OPP attempted to stop a car that was on Highway 17. The car did not stop and continued eastbound.

At approximately 2:50 p.m. the driver lost control of the car, and it left the road and struck a rock face. Both the 15-year-old driver and 15-year-old passenger sustained serious injuries. They were taken to Wilson Memorial Hospital by ambulance, and then transferred by air ambulance to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

The SIU has assigned three investigators and one forensic investigator to investigate this matter.

The SIU has designated one officer as a subject officer and twelve officers as witness officers. Eleven civilian witnesses have been identified.

The SIU is asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident, or may have audio or video recordings of it, to contact the lead investigator, Carm Piro, at 416-622-1898 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1898.

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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