Man dies after fleeing from crash in midtown Toronto

The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says a man died after an altercation with police in midtown Toronto early Wednesday morning.

The incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. in the Oakwood Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West area.

Toronto police were called to a home on Earnscliffe Road after a car crashed through a fence and ended up in the back porch of a home.

Police searched the area and found the suspect one block north on Oakwood. The SIU said as police handcuffed him, the man went into medical distress in a driveway.

Paramedics had to perform CPR on the man, who was then rushed to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

The SIU said the man was pronounced dead in hospital.

 

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

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