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News Release

SIU Investigating After Two People Hurt in Kawartha Lakes Police Pursuit

Case Number: 25-OVI-185   

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Mississauga, ON (19 April, 2026) ---
The Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a 21-year-old man and 32-year-old woman were seriously injured in a collision following a police pursuit in Lindsay early this morning.

Preliminary information suggests a Kawartha Lakes Police Service officer in a marked cruiser responded to a 911 call for unknown trouble, locating a BMW of interest just before 3:30 a.m. The officer stopped behind the parked BMW at Regent Street and Victoria Avenue. The driver fled and the officer pursued the vehicle. A short time later, the driver of the BMW collided with a parked vehicle and landed on the top of another parked vehicle at Victoria Avenue South and Glenelg Street West.

The male driver and female passenger were taken to hospital by ambulance. The man has been admitted to a local hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The woman was taken to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed the pursuit on Victoria Avenue South between Russell Street West and Glenelg Street West 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 has been negatively affected by an incident under SIU investigation and would like support, the Affected Persons Program is here to help. You can reach us at 1-877-641-1897. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7, every day of the year.

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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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES