SIU investigating Windsor police cruiser crash that injured cyclist

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Ontario’s police watchdog has launched an investigation after a cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a Windsor police cruiser on Sunday.

According to the Special Investigations Unit, the collision occurred April 6 shortly before 1:40 p.m. in downtown Windsor near the intersection of Glengarry Avenue and Assumption Street. The patrol officer was en route after being dispatched to a call.

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The 46-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, the SIU said in a news release.

In an emailed statement to the Star Monday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Windsor Police Service confirmed that the SIU was leading the investigation and referred all further questions to the provincial police watchdog.

The SIU said it has assigned a team of three investigators, a forensic investigator, and one collision reconstructionist to probe the case.

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is an arm’s-length agency that investigates reports of sexual assault, death or serious injury involving police.

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