Pedestrian struck and killed on Highway 410 in Brampton, SIU investigating
Posted August 31, 2024 9:05 am.
Last Updated September 1, 2024 4:33 pm.
The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was struck and killed after falling from a highway overpass in Brampton.
The Special Investigations Unit says a Peel Regional Police officer was travelling southbound on Highway 410 around 7:30 a.m. on August 31 when he noticed a man standing on the Steeles Avenue overpass.
The SIU says the officer managed to speak with the man before he fell from the overpass onto the southbound lanes of the highway where he was struck by multiple vehicles.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police and other officials that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
All lanes of the southbound Highway 410 were closed at Steeles Avenue for more than six hours before reopening just before 1:30 p.m.
