News Release

News Release

SIU Concludes Investigation into Oxford Station Collision that Injured Child

Case Number: 25-PVI-188   

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

Mississauga, ON (4 September, 2025) ---
In the morning of May 9, 2025, an OPP officer was working from her home located in Oxford Station when she decided to reposition vehicles in her driveway. The officer stepped into a Jeep Cherokee and drove it forward a short distance when she travelled over a small bump and stopped the car. She opened her door and observed a 15-month-old child on the ground. The officer’s residence housed a daycare operated by her partner, and the boy was at the daycare that morning.  He and other children had been in a play area off the driveway prior to the collision. First aid was rendered, and the child was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with three skull fractures. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the collision.
     
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.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