Month: August 2014

The Sept. 5, 2013, death of an 88-year-old Scarborough pedestrian may have been part of the impetus for the installation of traffic lights at an intersection presently containing only crosswalks. The pedestrian lived at the Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Seniors Residence near the intersection of Scunthorpe Road and Milner Avenue. On the day of the accident, the victim was crossing the street at that intersection on his motorized scooter when he was fatally struck by a truck.

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According to Toronto police, traffic accidents caused by distracted drivers are on the rise. The number of drivers described as “inattentive” in city collision data grew by 50 per cent between 2000 and 2012. About 20 per cent of those collisions resulted in some form of injury. Approximately 200 injures were considered major, and 12 deaths were reported as well.

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