Ottawa police officer cleared of wrongdoing in September collision

Author of the article: Bruce Deachman Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia An Ottawa police officer involved in a September collision in which two people were seriously injured will not be charged. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The decision, following an investigation by the province’s Special Investigations Unit, was announced Thursday. The collision occurred on Sept. 7, when the officer, driving a marked police SUV north on Conroy Road and responding to a call involving a missing child, stopped behind another vehicle at a red light at Hunt Club Road. After activating her siren and emergency lights, the officer passed the stopped vehicle and entered the intersection. At the same time, another vehicle entered the intersection travelling west on Hunt Club Road. The officer’s cruiser struck that vehicle, resulting in the female driver of the civilian vehicle being diagnosed with a concussion and the male passenger suffering fractures of the left wrist and spine. SIU director Joseph Martino concluded that the officer “did not transgress the limits of care prescribed by the criminal law. The evidence established that the officer had activated the cruiser’s emergency lights and siren, and slowed if not stopped, before…
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