SIU to investigate Hwy 64 fatal single-vehicle crash

The province's Special Investigations Unit has been called in after a fatal single motor vehicle crash near Lavigne, the OPP report.

The SIU is called in to investigate incidents involving police in which a serious injury, death or allegations of sexual assault has occurred.

The collision happened just after midnight on Highway 64.

The SIU has released the following information on its website:

Preliminary information indicates the following:

• At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16 16, 2015, West Nipissing Police received a call regarding a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a man. Officers were dispatched to locate the man;
• One officer saw the vehicle and attempted to follow it. He lost sight of the vehicle soon after;
• At approximately 11:45 p.m., an individual called police to report a vehicle had struck a tree at 10570 Hwy 64. It was engulfed in flames;
• The driver of the jeep succumbed to his injuries.

The SIU has assigned four investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist to probe the circumstances of this incident.