News Release

News Release

SIU Concludes Investigation into Brampton Collision Between Bicycle and Police Cruiser

Case Number: 25-OVI-240   

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SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Brampton Collision Between Police Cruiser and Bicycle

Mississauga, ON (7 October, 2025) ---
Just after noon of June 12, 2025, a 67-year-old man was riding his bicycle westward on the south sidewalk of Queen Street approaching a green light at the road’s intersection with the Highway 410 off-ramp. He had just entered the crosswalk when the back end of his bicycle was struck by a Peel Regional Police cruiser turning right from the off-ramp onto eastbound Queen Street. The impact sent the man tumbling from his bike onto the roadway, striking his head on the pavement in the process. The officer promptly exited his cruiser, tended to the man and arranged for an ambulance. At hospital, the man was diagnosed with a brain bleed and neck fracture. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the collision.

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.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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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES