Watchdog investigating Waterloo regional police after 2 die in collision

“The officers did locate the vehicle being driven by a male, with a female passenger, and officers attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver did not stop, and a pursuit was initiated,” Haffner said.

“Around 9:55 a.m., the vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with an oncoming transport truck.”

The driver of the truck was not injured.

SIU spokeswoman Monica Hudon said the incident began around 9:30 a.m. in Cambridge, when police were “made aware of an assault on a woman.”

The suspect vehicle went east on Highway 401 and later turned south onto Highway 6 before colliding with the tractor-trailer, Hudon said.

“At this point in time we can’t confirm if it was a pursuit or not,” Hudon said, adding that the SIU was describing the police action as a “follow.”

“It’s quite the tragic collision,” she said of the crash that left parts of the mangled vehicle strewn across the highway. “Our investigators are still trying to identify the victims.”

The SIU is an arm’s-length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

(570News, The Canadian Press)

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Watchdog investigating Waterloo regional police after 2 die in collision

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