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SIU Investigating After Woman in Wheelchair Struck by Police Vehicle in London

Case Number: 17-OVI-014   

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Conduct Not Criminal in Incident in which Woman in Wheelchair Struck by London Police Service Vehicle

Mississauga, ON (17 January, 2017) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a 59-year-old woman yesterday evening in London. 

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, January 16, 2017, an officer with the London Police Service was operating a vehicle southbound on Adelaide Street North.
  • When the police vehicle turned westbound onto Dundas Street, there was a collision between the police vehicle and a wheelchair being operated by the 59-year-old woman.
  • The woman was taken to Victoria Hospital for treatment of an arm injury.
    
Two investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to investigate this incident.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU Web site.     

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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