Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a motorcyclist died in a collision with a vehicle that police were following on Highway 7 in Madoc in Hastings County on Sunday night (April 27).
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received reports of a vehicle being driven erratically, westbound on Highway 7.
According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), an officer with the Central Hastings OPP then observed the suspect vehicle travelling on the highway at a high rate of speed.
The officer proceeded to follow the vehicle and, a short time later, came across a collision between the suspect vehicle and a motorcycle in the area of Highway 7 and St. Lawrence Street West.
The motorcyclist, a 57-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the suspect vehicle, a 19-year-old man, did not suffer any serious injuries.
The OPP is continuing its investigation into the fatal collision. As the circumstances around the collision involved a police officer, the SIU has invoked its mandate and has assigned three investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.
Anyone who may have information about the investigation, including video or photos, is asked to contact the lead investigator for case number 15-PVD-169 at 1-800-787-8529 or online at siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php
