Ontario's police watchdog is reviewing a collision involving a police vehicle and motorcycle that left one person injured in Welland.

The collision occurred Friday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said in a news release the following day.

Around 9:40 p.m., an officer with the OPP's Niagara detachment crashed into a motorcycle on Highway 58A and Reaker Road, OPP said.

The motorcycle rider went to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, police said. The officer wasn't hurt.

The Special Investigations Unit scrutinizes police interactions that involve a death, serious injury or sexual assault.

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