The fleeing vehicle crashed on Star Top Road on the evening of July 3, injuring the driver and a passenger.

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The province’s police oversight agency has ruled that an Ontario Provincial Police officer should not face criminal charges for his role in a vehicle pursuit that left a driver and a passenger in another vehicle seriously injured in Ottawa in early July. Article content

The decision by Special Investigations Unit director Joseph Martino was posted online on Oct. 31. Article content Article content

On July 3, 2025, at approximately 6:21 p.m., the officer with the OPP Ottawa Traffic Division was driving a marked police vehicle eastbound on Highway 417 when a black Ford Taurus passed the police cruiser at high speed. The officer activated his vehicle’s emergency

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