News Release
SIU INVESTIGATES COLLISION IN HAGERSVILLE
Case Number: 11-PVI-148
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Mississauga (30 July, 2011) --- The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) contacted the Special Investigations Unit this morning at 7:40 a.m. and reported the following;
• At 4:35 a.m. OPP officers were dispatched to 1st Line outside of Hagersville in regards to a report of a large disturbance involving a number of people fighting;
• An officer arrived and saw a man leaving the area in a vehicle;
• The officer broadcast the description of the vehicle to other officers;
• Another officer observed the vehicle travelling on Highway 6 north of Hagersville;
• The officer activated his vehicle’s emergency lights, but the vehicle did not stop;
• The vehicle continued north on Highway 6;
• The officer followed the route of the vehicle;
• Approximately one kilometer up the road the officer saw that the vehicle had rolled over;
• The man in the car had been ejected; and
• The man was taken to hospital in Hagersville and later air lifted to Hamilton General Hospital with life threatening injuries.
The SIU has assigned five investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to the investigation. In addition the SI has deployed its Mobile Investigative Center to the scene.
Anyone who has information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the SIU at 416-622-1806 0r 1-800-787-8529 extension #1806.
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 (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