MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (AP) Ontario's police watchdog is investigating an incident in which an 80-year-old woman was struck by police with a Taser and fractured her hip.
Special Investigations Unit spokeswoman Monica Hudon says Tuesday three police officers approached the woman around 3:30 a.m. last Wednesday as she walked along a road in Mississauga, Ontario. Hudon says the officers spoke with the woman until "at some point" an officer fired his Taser.
Hudon says the woman fell to the ground and was rushed to hospital for treatment of a fractured hip, among other injuries. The province announced last Tuesday it would permit officers to carry Tasers.
