By TOM GODFREY, Toronto Sun
A man has died after slamming his motorcycle into a stationary police car in a Brampton intersection over the weekend.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit, which probes any serious injury or death involving police, is looking into Friday night’s fatal crash.
But it appears the fatality had little to do with police.
Peel cops were investigating a separate accident near Hurontario St. and Bovaird Dr., a block south of where the motorcyclist crashed around 8:20 p.m., the SIU explained in a statement released Saturday.
A cruiser was parked across the southbound lanes of Hurontario to block traffic from travelling through Fisherman Dr. But the southbound motorcycle drove straight into the passenger side door of the stopped police car.
“We’re still interviewing witnesses who can help us understand what the weather conditions and the lighting conditions were like at the time,†SIU investigator Rob Waters said, explaining it was too early to say why the biker was unable to avoid ramming the cruiser.
The motorcycle came to an abrupt stop and the rider was sent flying.
It’s believed the man had no vital signs when emergency crews arrived on the scene.
Paramedics were able to revive the motorcyclist and he was rushed to the trauma centre at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto. The man was later pronounced dead.
The victim’s name and age were not immediately released.
Anyone with information should call investigators at 416-622-1925 or 1-800-787-8529, ext. 1925.
And yet another motorcyclist was rushed to hospital with critical injuries after crashing on Hwy. 427 near Dixon Rd. around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
