The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a 67-year-old man was seriously injured when he was struck by a Peel police cruiser while riding his bicycle in Brampton on Thursday.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said it happened near the Highway 410 north off-ramp to Queen Street at noon.
A Peel police officer in a cruiser made a right turn onto Queen Street and hit a cyclist travelling west on the south side, the SIU said.
The cyclist was subsequently taken to the hospital with a serious injury.
The SIU has assigned two investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to the case.
The agency, which is called to investigate the conduct of police that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person, is asking anyone with information to contact them at 1-800-787-8529.
