OPP officer and civilian seriously hurt in head-on crash in Haldimand CountyAn Ontario Provincial Police officer and the driver of a pickup truck were seriously hurt in a head-on crash south of Caledonia Tuesday evening.
Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, is investigating the crash between a Haldimand County OPP cruiser and a pickup truck on Haldimand Road 9 near York Road, just before 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
The OPP officer and the 30-year-old man driving the other vehicle were taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries, the SIU said in a release Wednesday morning.
OPP would only say the driver of the pickup sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital in Hamilton.
OPP said they could not provide additional comment because the SIU is investigating.
No details about what may have caused the crash have been released.
The SIU investigates incidents involving police in Ontario where someone is seriously hurt, killed or there is an allegation of sexual assault. Two investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned.
Haldimand Road 9 was closed between 5th Line and York Road for the investigation.
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