The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said it has already begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the serious injury sustained by a 61-year-old man after falling from an overpass Thursday morning in Ottawa.
According to the first information provided bySIUofficers from the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched just after midnight Thursday morning to the Highway 417 overpass on Ave. Woodroffe. They respond to the description of a man standing near the side of the bridge.
When the first officer arrived, the man climbed on the guardrail and held on to a panel. The officer contacted the man for a moment, before he fell on the highway below.
The man was taken to hospital for treatment for serious injuries.
Two investigators and an investigator specializing in forensic science were assigned to the file.
L ‘SIU asks anyone with information in this file, in the form of video or photographs, to contact the lead investigator at 1 800-787-8529 or via the website: https://siu.on.ca/ en/ appeals.php (New window).
Remember thatSIU is an independent body responsible for investigating officer conduct that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the release of a gun to a person. The investigations ofSIU is conducted by civilian investigators.
Source: Radio-Canada
