Motorbike rider killed in attempted police stop ID'd
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | 12:47 PM ET
CBC News
Related
Internal Links
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has revealed the identity of a woman who died after falling off the back of a motorcycle on Highway 401 near Whitby, east of Toronto, on Friday night.
The SIU, which investigates whenever a civilian is killed or seriously injured in an incident involving police, identified the victim on Wednesday as 40-year old Ioana Bocunescu.
She was the passenger on a motorcycle that was being followed by police on the highway near Lake Ridge Road South.
Durham Regional Police said at the time a police cruiser had signalled for the motorcycle to stop just after 11:30 p.m. west of Brock Street. Instead, the motorcycle sped up, causing the passenger to fall off, police said.
She was then struck by several vehicles was later pronounced dead at the scene, Ontario Provincial Police said in a release on Saturday. The motorcycle did not remain at the scene.
The SIU is still investigating the circumstances surrounding Bocunescu's death.
Share Tools
Latest Toronto News Headlines
- Truck dangles on overpass after 401 crash in Ajax
- A section of Highway 401 is closed for hours after a tractor-trailer collides with an SUV, slides off the highway and hangs perilously over the roadway below. more »
- GO Transit train damaged by debris on tracks
- A GO Transit train is damaged after striking a short track section that appears to have been deliberately laid over the rails. more »
- Everest team unable to bring down Toronto woman's body
- Bad weather has hampered the recovery team that is attempting to bring down the body of a Toronto woman who died trying to climb Mt. Everest. more »
- Man shot dead in Oshawa
- A man in is mid-30s is dead after he was shot at a house in Oshawa on Friday night. more »
Top News Headlines
- Teen struck by lightning in Ottawa dies
- The victim of a Friday lightning strike during a storm in east Ottawa has died, CBC News has learned. more »
- Syrian children massacred by the dozens, UN says
- More than 90 people have been killed by regime forces in a district of central Syria, with the head of the UN team in the country confirming at least 32 children and 60 adults were killed in an artillery attack. more »
- Missing Winnipeg children found in Mexico
- Two Winnipeg children reported missing and possibly in Mexico have been found alive, according to unofficial reports from an agency that works to find missing people. more »
- Everest team unable to bring down Toronto woman's body
- Bad weather has hampered the recovery team that is attempting to bring down the body of a Toronto woman who died trying to climb Mt. Everest. more »
- Everest victim's husband says family not seeking government help
- Serial carjacker gets life term for fatal crash
- Highway 401 crash in Ajax closes eastbound lanes
- Timmins fire crews aided by calmer winds
- Toronto throws open its doors
- GO Transit train damaged by debris on tracks
- 'Gay-straight alliances' get green light under Ontario bill
- Man shot dead in Oshawa
- 'Save me' last words of Mount Everest climber
