SIU investigates after boy struck by cruiser in Brampton
Ontario police watchdog called in after 8-year-old boy suffers broken leg in Brampton
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Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:25 PM ET
Last Updated: Nov 26, 2012 8:06 PM ET
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Ontario's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after an eight-year-old boy was struck by a police cruiser in Brampton, west of Toronto.
The Special Investigations Unit says the boy was taken to Brampton Civic Hospital for treatment of a broken leg Monday morning after being hit by a Peel Regional Police cruiser.
Police say two cruisers were responding to a call on Moregate Crescent, near Dixie Road and Bovaird Drive East at about 8:45 a.m. when one of the cruisers struck the child.
The watchdog agency has assigned five investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to probe the circumstances of the incident.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact the investigators.
The SIU is an arm's-length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been a death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
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