The Special Investigations Unit cleared an Ontario Provincial Police officer of any wrongdoing after the driver of a pick-up truck in Toronto sped away at the sight of police and caused an accident that sent two pedestrians to the hospital with serious injuries.
, the SIU said the incident occurred on the evening of Dec. 5. Two OPP officers in cruisers, with their emergency lights activated, were on the way to an unrelated call in Scarborough. One vehicle was a marked police Dodge Charger, while the other, the one the subject official was driving, was unmarked.
The driver of the Durango turned left into the passing lane of Keele Street before swerving into the curb lane toward the next set of lights, which were red for southbound traffic at the time. The driver of the pick-up truck approached the intersection at 90 km/h while the red light was on, and collided into the front end of a Honda Accord in the middle of the intersection.
The SO had just gotten onto the Highway 401 eastbound ramp when they noticed the collision and rerouted their vehicles to attend the scene. The officer pulled his vehicle up beside the Durango, prompting the driver to exit his vehicle and run away from the scene, where he was seen heading eastbound.SIU Director Joseph Martino noted the driver of the Durango appeared to accelerate at the sight of police vehicles, he said there’s no indication that the SO’s conduct was criminal.
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