A pedestrian has died after reportedly being struck by an OPP cruiser in Bala early Sunday morning.
The Particular Investigations Unit (SIU) says the officer was driving an unmarked police car and that the incident occurred on Muskoka Street 169 round 6 a.m.
The 25-year-old male pedestrian was transported to hospital, the place he later died from his accidents. The officer was additionally transported to hospital for precautionary causes.
The OPP says it’s guaranteeing that sufferer companies have been engaged for the deceased’s household and that assets are in place for the officer concerned.
On account of an officer being concerned in such an incident, the SIU invoked its mandate to analyze. Three SIU investigators, three forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to the case.
Muskoka Street 169 was closed between Sutton Drive and Bala Falls Street because the SIU and the OPP’s Site visitors Collision Investigation Group investigated the scene. The world has since been reopened.
