SIU investigating crash between e-bike, unmarked police car

Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating an early morning crash in Toronto on Thursday involving an unmarked police vehicle and an e-bike thatseriously injured a man.

The crash happened around 1:45 a.m. near Queen and Niagara streets, Toronto police said.

Two Toronto police officers were conducting an investigation in plain clothes when their unmarked police vehicle collided with an e-bike, the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a news release Thursday.

The e-bike was operated by a 38-year-old man who was not connected to the police investigation, the SIU said.

"There was an interaction between the man and police, and he was arrested," the police oversight agency said in the news release.

After the man complained of pain, he was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a serious injury, the SIU said.

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police officers in incidents that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at a person.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact investigators.