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Provincial SIU Seeks Witnesses to December 10th Kingsville Crash

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The province’s Special Investigations Unit is seeking witnesses of a collision in Kingsville involving a 28-year-old driver fleeing from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on December 10, 2022.

Preliminary information suggests the following:

  • On December 10, 2022, just before 1 a.m., a driver, while fleeing from the OPP, left the roadway on Highway 3 between Cameron Side Road and Marsh Road.
  • As a result of the crash, the man suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital.

Three investigators, one forensic investigator and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to the case.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, including dash cam footage, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php

Author: Special Investigations Unit

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

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