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SIU investigating after collision in Barrie sends 4 to hospital

Officers say they responded to a single vehicle collision late Saturday night where the driver had fled the scene. Global News

Ontario’s police watchdog is seeking witnesses after a collision in Barrie, Ont., left four people injured on Sunday.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said at around 8:30 p.m., on Jan. 1, officers on patrol in a marked SUV spotted a silver car that was allegedly speeding on Yonge Street at Mapleview Drive East.

According to the SIU, the car fled northbound on Yonge Street, before it crashed into a cement pole on Yonge Street, north of Big Bay Point Road.

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The SIU said paramedics were called and four people in the car were taken to hospital.

The SIU is now investigating. Anyone with information to reach out to the agency at 1-800-787-8529 or online.

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