SIU invokes mandate after OPP arrest in Huntsville, Ont.

The logo of the Ontario Special Investigations Unit is shown in this file image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

The province’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is investigating after a 31-year-old man was diagnosed with a serious injury while in custody of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sunday in Huntsville.

“Preliminary information suggests that yesterday morning, police were called about a stolen vehicle,” said Kristy Denette, spokesperson for the SIU.

“The man believed responsible was located at a residence on Gun Club Road and attempted to flee police from the upper floor of a home and fell to the ground below,” she said.

Denette said the man was arrested and taken to the Huntsville OPP detachment.

There, he complained of pain and was transported to hospital via by ambulance, but when he arrived the man fled on foot.

“The man was located a short time later and re-arrested and taken back to hospital where he was treated for a serious, non-life-threatening injury,” Denette said.

The SIU investigation continues.