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News Release

SIU Investigating After Child Struck by Vehicle Being Operated by Police Officer in Oxford Station

Case Number: 25-PVI-188   

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Mississauga, ON (10 May, 2025) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injuries suffered by a 15-month-old boy yesterday in Oxford Station.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • Around noon on May 9, 2025, an Ontario Provincial Police officer was on the property of a residence in Oxford Station.
  • In the driveway of the residence, the personal vehicle being operated by the officer struck a 15-month-old boy.
  • The child was transported to hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The child remains in hospital in stable condition.

Four investigators, one forensic investigator and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to the case. 

Four witness officials and one subject official have been designated.

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 (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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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Monica Hudon, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES