Pedestrian dies in Toronto 2-car accident

A Toronto two-car collision left a pedestrian dead and three people injured on Aug. 7. The pedestrian accident occurred on Yonge Street near the intersection of Cummer Avenue around 4:15 p.m. when a Dodge Charger and an Acura TSX collided. The force of the impact sent the Charger off the roadway, where it struck a 42-year-old man, fatally injuring him.

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Toronto bus-pedestrian accident results in woman’s death

A pedestrian accident in Toronto on July 28 has resulted in the death of woman. The accident occurred around 6 a.m. at the intersection of Humberline Drive and Finch Avenue in Rexdale. A woman in her 20s was attempting to cross the street from the southeast corner of Finch and Humberline. At the same time, a Brampton bus was traveling south on Humberline Drive. According to a staff sergeant, the bus was in the process of making a left turn onto Finch Avenue when it struck the woman, trapping her underneath the bus.

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Ontario auto-pedestrian accident injures 3

Two women were hospitalized July 8 after a truck struck them as they were unloading a parked van in Barrhaven. Several people present at the scene of the auto-pedestrian accident helped one of the women after she became trapped under the truck. The 34-year-old woman who was driving the business truck that struck the pedestrians suffered an arm injury and was also taken to hospital in stable condition.

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Ontario man dies in auto-bicycle crash

The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old male cyclist from Hamilton following an accident believed to have occurred on Governor’s Road near the community of St. George at about 7:30 p.m. on June 5. Officers do not believe that alcohol was a factor at this time; the auto-pedestrian accident took place in daylight, and road conditions were reportedly dry.

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16-year-old biker dies in crash

An accident claimed the life of a teenage pedestrian on Ontario’s County Road 50 on May 30. The 16-year-old was pushing his dirt bike by the side of the road when he was hit by a minivan just before 10 p.m. The Ontario Provincial Police are continuing to investigate the reason for the auto-pedestrian accident. They did not speculate if speed, weather or road conditions, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs contributed to the accident.

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SUV crashes into bank, only 1 injured

Police are saying that driver error was the reason that an SUV crashed into a TD bank in a Toronto suburb. On May 16, shortly before 7 a.m., two people were inside the building using the ATMs when the vehicle came through the window, and one of them suffered minor injuries to her leg. The bank is located at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Aquitaine Avenue at Meadowvale Town Centre in Mississauga.

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Ontario report on pedestrian safety released

The second most dangerous city for pedestrians in Ontario has recently conducted a study on pedestrian accident collisions. A city councillor in Hamilton was seeking additional information on traffic accidents and the possible impact of changing one-way streets to streets with traffic travelling both directions. He also wondered if walkers with ear buds contributed to accidents, but that information was unavailable because of a lack of detail in available police reports.

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