Crash between fleeing Hummer and fuel truck on Mississauga-Oakville border probed by SIU [Video]

A crash involving a Hummer fleeing from police and a diesel fuel truck Wednesday morning on the Mississauga-Oakville border is being investigated by Ontario’s police watchdog agency after the driver of the suspect vehicle suffered serious injuries.

The fleeing vehicle was believed to have been involved in a car theft some 30 minutes earlier in north Oakville, the province’s Special Investigations Unit said in a news release on Thursday. The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates incidents involving police and the public where there has been a serious injury or death.

The SIU is now seeking witnesses to the 8:30 a.m. crash in which the Hummer and tanker truck collided at the intersection of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Lakeshore Road East, right at the border of Mississauga and Oakville. The area remained closed for most of the day while police investigated and crews cleaned up a fuel spill.

Preliminary …