A woman has sustained serious injuries in a crash involving a police cruiser in Toronto on Saturday.
Toronto police said the collision took place in the area of Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East around 10:30 a.m.
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A police car was involved in the crash, alongside a white Hyundai, as shown in images from the scene.
Police said the officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries and the driver of the Hyundai was taken to a trauma centre with injuries that were serious but non-life-threatening.
The Special Investigations Unit, which looks into various police-involved incidents, including serious injury, has invoked its mandate to launch a formal investigation.
Roads in the area were closed after the crash.
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