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News Release

SIU Investigating After Vehicle Crashes Into Home in Ottawa

Case Number: 18-OVI-380   

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Mississauga, ON (30 December, 2018) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the serious injuries sustained early this morning by a 39-year-old man who was involved in a collision in Ottawa.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 1:00a.m on December 30, 2018, officers with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) attempted to stop a vehicle in the area of St. Laurent Boulevard and Cote Street in Ottawa.  
  • The driver of the vehicle fled from the officers and a short time later crashed into a home on Jean Talon Street.
  • The man suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Montfort Hospital for treatment. 

Three investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist have been assigned to 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 website.

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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