Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared Hamilton police of wrongdoing in a crash this summer in which a stolen car struck a taxi and landed on the front porch of a home.

The driver of the stolen car, a 34-year-old man, suffered a fractured rib and the taxi driver suffered minor injuries in the July 23 crash.

Officers were on patrol around 11:40 p.m. in a marked cruiser when their vehicle’s automated licence plate reader identified a stolen Honda Accord that was westbound on King Street East, the Special Investigations Unit said in a report released Tuesday.

SIU scene photo after crash at Aikman and Sanford in July. SIU cleared the Hamilton police officer who was attempting to stop stolen car before collision. SIU

Police followed the car while awaiting confirmation that it was stolen.

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