SIU investigating Waterloo regional police after pursuit ends in fatal collision

Waterloo regional police say they were pursuing a car that collided with a transport truck in southwestern Ontario leaving two people dead.

Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says a man and a woman died in the collision Thursday morning on Highway 6 near Freelton, Ont.

Insp. Michael Haffner says Waterloo regional police got a call early Thursday morning from a concerned citizen reporting the possible abduction of a woman from nearby Cambridge, Ont.

Haffner says officers located a suspect car being driven by a man, with a female passenger, and attempted to stop the vehicle.

When the driver did not stop, Haffner says a pursuit was initiated that headed toward Hamilton on Highway 6 and ended when the car collided head-on with a transport truck.

The Special Investigations Unit says it's probing the circumstances of the collision.

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.