KING TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says it's investigating after a deadly crash this morning north of Toronto.
The Special Investigations Unit says a York Regional Police officer observed a speeding vehicle in King Township, Ont., shortly after 7 a.m.
It says the officer began following the vehicle, which collided with a cyclist a short time later.
The SIU says the cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, but the agency offered no other details.
The SIU investigates all incidents involving police in which someone is killed, injured or accused of sexual assault.
Meanwhile, York Regional Police are appealing to the public for help identifying the cyclist.
They say the victim is a white man in his 40s or 50s who was wearing "cyclist clothing."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 24, 2020.
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