SIU Investigates Death in Downtown Windsor
By Gord Bacon
A 51yearold man died while trying to evade police
A death in downtown Windsor is being looked at by the Special Investigations Unit.
According to the SIU, Windsor Police Service responded to a vehicle theft near Ottawa Street and Gladstone Avenue around 8:30pm Friday.
Investigators say a patrol officer located the vehicle a short time later. The officer then followed the vehicle until it struck a parking sign near Wyandotte and Church Street and two men then fled on foot.
Police caught up to the driver and arrested him, but a 51-year-old man evaded police. According to the SIU, the man made his way to a rooming house on Pelissier near Elliott Street where he went into, "medical distress."
Emergency Services were called and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.