Oversight agency investigating after Winnipeg police cruiser hits cyclist

The province’s police oversight agency is investigating after a Winnipeg Police Service cruiser struck a cyclist downtown on Friday night.

The officers were responding to a call for service at about 8:50 p.m. on Friday. As the officers drove west on Portage Avenue toward Garry Street and entered the intersection on a green light, their cruiser collided with a woman riding a bicycle north into the intersection in the bike lane on Garry Street, said the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba on Monday.

The woman, 37, was knocked to the ground and injured. Police said the officers stopped and gave the woman first aid, before she was taken to hospital in stable condition. The IIU said she was left with a fractured clavicle and bruising.

The IIU, which probes all serious incidents involving police in the province, has begun an investigation. The agency has asked any witnesses to the incident, or anyone with potentially useful information or video footage, to call its office at 1-844-667-6060.