Three people — including an Ontario Provincial Police officer — were taken to hospital following a collision involving an OPP vehicle just outside Peterborough’s east city limit on Saturday evening.
Emergency crews responded around 6:20 p.m. to a reported T-bone collision involving an OPP forensic van and an SUV at the intersection of Hwy. 7 and Television Road.
Peterborough County OPP on scene told Global News that the forensics van was turning at the intersection on a green light when it was struck by the westbound SUV and rolled.
OPP say they have contacted the Special Investigations Unit which has invoked its mandate to investigate the collision. The SIU investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
According to the SIU, the officer and two occupants in the SUV – a 72-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman – were transported to hospital for treatment.
“Only the woman was diagnosed with a serious injury,” stated Monica Hudon, SIU communications coordinator.
Three investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to the case, Hudon said.
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