A Toronto police officer has been charged in reference to a collision in Whitby in June that left an 18-year-old man significantly injured.
Joseph Martino, the director of the Particular Investigations Unit (SIU), mentioned in a information launch on Saturday that he had affordable grounds to consider that Det .-Const. Joshua Baksh dedicated a felony offence within the June 25 incident that occurred within the car parking zone of a Canadian Tire within the space of Backyard Avenue and Taunton Highway East.
In response to the SIU, which is an arm’s size company referred to as in to research every time police are concerned in a loss of life, critical harm, allegations of sexual assault, Toronto police had been in search of a person that day and situated him within the car parking zone using a scooter.
“An officer driving an unmarked Toronto Police Service vehicle collided with the scooter,” the SIU mentioned. One scooter rider, an 18-year-old man, was significantly injured in consequence and brought to the hospital.
Following an SIU investigation, Det .-Const. Baksh has been charged with harmful driving and assault with a weapon. He’s scheduled to look in an Oshawa courtroom in March.
The SIU mentioned it could not be releasing particulars of the investigation because the matter was now earlier than the courts.
