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Special Investigations Unit to probe weekend death of Cambridge woman

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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 41-year-old Cambridge woman.

The Special Investigations Unit said Waterloo Regional Police were called to the Satellite Motel on Hespeler Road on Sunday at 3:45 a.m.

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When officers arrived, they performed CPR on the woman and administered naloxone, which reduces the effects of an overdose.

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Paramedics arrived shortly after and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The SIU has assigned two investigators and one forensic investigator to the incident.

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The arm’s length agency investigates reports involving police where there has been a death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

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