SIU discontinues investigation of London officer and man in distress
SIU investigation on Highbury Avenue in London, Ont. on Aug. 17, 2022. (Sean Irvine/CTV London)
The province's police watchdog was investigating the circumstances of a man's injuries he suffered on August 17, 2022.
Shortly after midnight, London police officers were called to the overpass on Highbury Avenue near Dundas Street for a 33-year-old male in distress.
Police began negotiating with the man, but were unsuccessful.
Around 1:45 a.m., the man was taken to hospital by paramedics with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
SIU has discontinued this investigation as the man did not suffer serious injury
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