News Release
SIU Investigates Motor Vehicle Injuries in Wasaga Beach and is Appealing for Witnesses
Case Number: 13-PVI-167
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Mississauga (14 July, 2013) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by three males in Wasaga Beach last night.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• On July 13, 2013, at about 7:25 p.m., the OPP were notified of a minor rear end collision that had occurred involving two motor vehicles on River Road East. One vehicle being driven in an erratic manner, left the scene;
• An OPP officer spotted the vehicle in the area of River Road East and Beachway Trail. The officer activated the emergency lighting equipment on the cruiser in an attempt to stop the vehicle. The vehicle did not stop and accelerated away at a high rate of speed;
• Within a very short distance, the vehicle lost control driving off the roadway, rolled over and crashed into a house;
• Five occupants were in the vehicle and all five were transported by ambulance to the General Marine Hospital in Collingwood for treatment;
• Two male parties have since been released from hospital, one 25 year old male remains in hospital in Collingwood and two males aged 25 and 28 years of age have since been airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto with numerous fractures.
The SIU has assigned five investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1998 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1998.
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