LONG SAULT, Ont. — Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man during an arrest in the eastern part of the province.
The Special Investigations Unit says provincial police were conducting sobriety checks on a highway near Long Sault, Ont., not far from Cornwall, on Friday afternoon when a man fled the area in a vehicle.
The SIU says officers found the vehicle in a cornfield a short time later and arrested the man.
It says the man went into medical distress and officers performed CPR while waiting for paramedics to arrive.
The 66-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The SIU says it’s assigned investigators to the case and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
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