Ontario Globe and Mail
TORONTO, Ontario — Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is reviewing a police pursuit that ended when the suspect vehicle slammed into a Hamilton home early Saturday, leaving two occupants dead.
Officials say a Hamilton police officer spotted a black Mercedes speeding shortly before 3 a.m.
The officer pursued the car for a short distance until it left the road and struck a house.
The SIU says two of the vehicle’s male occupants died at the scene, while a third man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The SIU is investigating the circumstances surrounding the police response and the collision, and is appealing for witnesses to come forward.
The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates incidents involving police and civilians that result in serious injury, sexual assault or death.
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