SUV driver fleeing police struck two pedestrians in North York: SIU
Posted December 6, 2023 5:55 am.
Last Updated December 6, 2023 12:39 pm.
Police are searching for a driver and the province’s police watchdog is investigating after a crash in North York that sent two pedestrians to hospital.
Emergency crews were called to the area of Keele Street and Highway 401 around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of a two-vehicle crash.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says two OPP officers in police vehicles were responding to a call and heading south on Keele, when the driver of an SUV travelling in front of the cruisers “appeared to flee and hit the driver of a car travelling eastbound on the Highway 401 ramp.”
The SIU says the driver then struck two pedestrians who were crossing Keele.
The pedestrians — a 24-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man — were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Paramedics say their injuries are not life threatening.
No suspect or vehicle description has been made available.
The SIU is an independent agency that investigates the conduct of police officers that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
Southbound Keele was closed for the investigation but it has since reopened to traffic.
