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Motorcyclist dead after crash involving Toronto police cruiser

The collision happened just after 5:30 p.m. on Friday at University Avenue and College Street. Phil Fraboni / Global News

Ontario’s police watchdog says a motorcyclist has died after a crash involving a Toronto police cruiser on Friday.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said that around 5:35 p.m., a man on a motorcycle and an officer in a marked police cruiser collided at University Avenue and College Street.

The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries and later died.

A spokesperson for Toronto paramedics told Global News on Friday that the victim was a man in his 20s.

The SIU said the officer was not injured.

The circumstances leading up to the crash aren’t clear.

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The SIU is an independent agency that investigates incidents involving police that have resulted in death, serious injury or alleged sexual assault.

The agency’s investigation into the incident is ongoing.

— With files from Nick Westoll

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