News Release

News Release

SIU Investigates Vehicle Injuries in Mississauga

Case Number: 14-OVI-121   

Mississauga (30 May, 2014) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding a single vehicle collision in Mississauga. 

Preliminary information indicates the following:
• On the morning of Friday, May 30, 2014, an officer with the Peel Regional Police Service (PRPS) was conducting a radar speed check at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue West and Hewicks Lane in Mississauga.
• The officer had stopped a vehicle, when another vehicle drove past and collided with a pole.
• The SIU is investigating the serious injuries sustained by two occupants of the vehicle involved in the collision.

The SIU has assigned four investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist to probe to probe the circumstances of this incident.

Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1957 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1957.

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