Two Waterloo Police officers have been cleared of responsibility for the death of Nathan Wehrle, 15, and his girlfriend, Taryn Hewitt, 16, of London. The two died in October last year when they struck a transport truck as they fled police on Highway 6 near Hamilton. It was a case of a reported abduction gone wrong when a bystander saw Wehrle arguing with the girl outside a pizza shop. Police responded. This week the Special Investigations Unit said it concluded the two were fleeing because Wehrle was in a stolen car. Tony Loparco, the director of the SIU, noted in his report that “I am unable to establish that there was a causal connection between the actions of both subject officers and the catastrophic collision that caused the tragic deaths. There is no evidence that the driving of either of the two subject officers put any of the members of the public at risk throughout any part of the pursuit.”
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