Pedestrian dies in pickup truck crash, driver charged

An Ontario man has been charged with impaired driving and criminal negligence following a pickup truck accident that killed a pedestrian. Police say that the auto accident happened in the early hours of July 5 in St. Catharines after a police pursuit was cancelled over safety concerns.

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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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2 hurt in Toronto motorcycle-pedestrian accident

An accident in Toronto involving a car and a motorcycle has resulted in a pedestrian and motorcycle rider being hospitalized. The auto-pedestrianan accident took place on Yonge Street near Pleasant Boulevard, approximately one block south of St. Clair Avenue, on April 6.

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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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Woman awaits sentencing in pedestrian accident

A 42-year-old woman who was reportedly speeding and distracted allegedly caused a one-car accident that inflicted serious injuries on a man mowing a lawn by a rural road. She is scheduled to be sentenced in an Ontario Court after she pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving at an earlier hearing. Recently, the man who was injured in the accident explained that he does not want the driver to be incarcerated. The defence lawyer for the woman agreed and said that she made a mistake, is sorry for her actions and has no criminal history. She also expressed her regret during proceedings.

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