News Release

SIU Investigating Motorcycle Collision in Port Colborne

Case Number: 24-OVI-382   

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Mississauga, ON (13 September, 2024) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating after two motorcyclists collided in Port Colborne overnight.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 12:30 a.m., on September 13, a Niagara Regional Police Service officer initiated a traffic stop for two motorcyclists travelling at high speeds in the area of Highway 3 and Empire Road.  
  • The two male motorcyclists collided. 
  • One of the riders was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with life-threatening injuries, and the other rider was taken by ambulance to a Hamilton hospital. He was not seriously injured.
Two investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to the case. One subject official has been designated at this time.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, including 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