A Niagara OPP Officer who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident has a brand new, state of the art prosthetic.
Constable Peter Tucker lost his leg after colliding with a goose while training with the OPP Golden Helmets, an elite motorcycle squad.
He collided with the guard rail, severing his leg.
But now, he is one of only two Canadians to undergo a surgery on Canadian soil to use a new kind of prosthetic.
"Essentially they drilled out my femur 5 and 1/2 inches deep, and 1.65 cm wide and they tapped in a 6 inch titanium bolt, and that bolt is now melded with my skeletal frame. And my leg snaps on and off like a ratchet set now. I use an Allan key to snap it on and off."
Tucker tells CKTB's Matt Holmes he can even tell when something touches his new leg.
"When you touch my prosthetic leg it sends little vibrations through the titanium post, up into my bone, and I've learned to interpret what those vibrations are. I can tell when someone is touching my leg, or when my shoe is undone I can feel a difference in weight."
Other Canadians have also had this surgery, but they had to travel abroad to get it done.
Tucker is back at work, and happy to be there.
"I actually think wanting to work is the best medicine. The fact that I go to work makes me feel good, better than any medicine they can give me. I feel useful, I feel competent, I feel like I have a purpose."