Man dies after fall with police officer into Niagara Gorge

Fire crews were called to the scene after two people tumbled into Niagara Gorge. (Niagara Regional Police Service)

Ontarios police watchdog is investigating the death of a man in Niagara Falls, Ont., after the man and a police officer went over a retaining wall and into the Niagara Gorge.

The Special Investigations Unit says that shortly after 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday a Niagara Regional Police officer was chasing a man on River Road, between Otter and Eastwood streets, roughly three kilometres from the falls.

Shortly afterward, both people went over a wall and into the Niagara Gorge. Television reports said rescue crews used a hard-framed basket attached to a fire truck boom to reach the victims.

The man died, and police say the injured Niagara Regional Police officer was airlifted to a hospital in Hamilton with a broken leg.

The SIU, which investigates police incidents involving death, serious injury or sexual assault, has assigned seven investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.

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Man dies after fall with police officer into Niagara Gorge