Body of OPP Const. Tarun Bali to be brought to Thornhill ahead of funeral

The body of Constable Tarun Bali, an Ontario police officer who died in the line of duty, is scheduled to arrive in Thornhill on Wednesday afternoon ahead of his funeral. Bali, 29, was fatally struck by a vehicle on Tuesday in Hearst, a town in northern Ontario.

The incident occurred while officers were engaged in a search for an individual who had escaped from a local hospital. Constable Bali had been with the OPP for two and a half years, serving with the Dufferin detachment but was on a temporary deployment with the James Bay detachment at the time of his death.

A procession carrying Constable Bali's body will depart from the Forensic Sciences and Coroner’s Complex in North York and travel west on Highway 401 to a funeral home in Thornhill. The OPP has encouraged those wishing to express their support and pay their respects to gather on highway overpasses along the route or to sign an online book of condolence. Funeral arrangements for Constable Bali are still being finalized.