OPP car chase leads to vehicle in Lake Ontario, SIU now investigating - BERITAJA

Ontario’s constabulary watchdog is investigating aft a conveyance entered Lake Ontario pursuing an OPP officer’s effort to extremity it.

The incident unfolded astatine about 10:55 p.m. connected Tuesday. Police opportunity an serviceman pinch the Lennox and Addington OPP detachment attempted to extremity a driver connected Bath Road, but soon after, the conveyance deed the ditch and entered Lake Ontario about Highway 33 and County Road 21.

It’s not clear really galore group were successful the vehicle. The OPP continues efforts to find the occupants.

“Several resources, including the Prince Edward County OPP Marine Unit, OPP Aviation Services, the OPP East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, were deployed and proceed efforts to find immoderate imaginable occupants,” the OPP said successful a news release.

The SIU said 1 investigator, a collision reconstructionist and 2 forensic investigators person been assigned to the case.

The investigation is ongoing.