A Toronto police officer is being charged after a man was struck riding his bicycle and seriously injured near McCowan Road and Lawrence Avenue East.

Toronto Police Service Const. Cole Robinson faces one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, according to a Special Investigations Unit (SIU) press release.

“The Director of the SIU, Tony Loparco, has reasonable grounds to believe a TPS officer committed a criminal offence in January,” it reads. “As a result, Director Loparco has caused a charge to be laid against the officer.”

The SIU is an independent body investigating police misconduct, including incidences that cause serious injury.

Robinson will appear in a Toronto court on July 18.

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