Officers cleared in Ontario high-speed chase and crash that left two teens dead
TORONTO — No charges will be laid in a high-speed police chase that ended in a “catastrophic collision” that claimed the lives of two teens a year ago, Ontario’s police watchdog said Friday.
In a report on the incident, the Special Investigations Unit said Waterloo Regional Police were investigating a suspected abduction when they began pursuing a stolen red Pontiac in Cambridge, Ont., the morning of Oct. 5, 2017.
The agency said the Pontiac didn’t stop when officers tried to pull it over. Soon after, it said, the vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a truck in Hamilton, killing both occupants — 15-year-old Nathan Wehrle and his girlfriend, 16-year-old Taryn Hewitt.
SIU executive director Tony Loparco said there’s no evidence that the officers involved in the chase were responsible for the crash.