Toronto's Weekly Carnage

posted by Joe on 6/08/2007 | 1 Comments |

Person is Struck and Killed by Car in Bayview/York Mills Area

A person has been struck and killed by a vehicle in the Bayview and York Mills area on Friday morning. It's unclear whether the victim had been walking across the street or riding a bicycle. Toronto Police said it happened at Fifeshire Road and Bayview, just south of Highway 401. Emergency crews were called to the scene around around 8am. The person was pronounced dead at hospital a short time ago.

Impaired charge follows fatal crash

Police are appealing for witnesses after a Brampton collision left a young woman dead Wednesday night.

Man hurt as car hits building

An elderly man may have suffered some kind of medical condition today before he drove his car into an apartment building on Sheppard Ave. E. just west of Kennedy Rd.

Man Trapped In Car Wreckage After Crash

There were some frightening moments for a man involved in a two-vehicle crash overnight, as emergency workers carefully managed to extract him from the mangled wreckage of his car.

9 hurt in van rollover

Nine people were injured, two critically, in a van rollover on the southbound Queen Elizabeth Way at Stoney Creek this morning.

Car crashed at 150 km/h: Lawyer

Fifteen-year-old Chevon Josephs was driving at about 150 km/h when he crashed into two cabs early Saturday, while the police following him weren't going much faster than 100 km/h, according to Gary Clewley, the officers' lawyer.

Motorcycle Crash Sends Man To Hospital

A motorcycle crash closed down the intersection of Yonge and Lakeshore early Sunday morning. Police said the driver of an SUV made a left turn from the wrong lane cutting off the 24-year-old motorcycle driver and causing him to slam into a concrete pole.

Pedestrian Struck (scroll down)

A 37-year-old woman's expected to survive after she was hit by a car on the Danforth just west of Coxwell Sunday night. Police say the woman was crossing the street in heavy rain when she was struck and suffered a broken leg.

Mississauga Crash (scroll down)

CP24 viewer Curtis B. sent us the following picture of a serious car crash in Mississauga Sunday. It involved two vehicles and it took place at around 3pm at Creditview and Willoway. Reports say a young woman was taken to Sick Kids Hospital.

Two Fatal Motorcycle Crashes

Brimley and Ellesmere was closed for several hours after a motorcycle slid across the intersection and slammed into a car. The driver was pronounced dead at the hospital. The intersection of Castlefrank and Bloor was the scene of another deadly motorcycle crash just after midnight. Police said it appears the driver misjudged a turn. He was pronounced dead at St. Michael's Hospital just before 2am.

Pedestrian Struck (scroll down)

A woman was hit by a car on Bloor Street just west of Yonge Saturday afternoon, but was fortunate to escape with only minor injuries.

Father charged after allegedly running down teens

What initially appeared to be a tragic accident is now being considered a vicious act of malice after a father allegedly ran over a trio of young people, one of which was his own 16-year-old daughter.

Two Best Friends Died Together After Terrible Crash

Aleisha Ashley and Monique McKnight have been best friends ever since anyone can remember. They did everything together, went everywhere together. So it seems tragically appropriate that they both died together. The two girls were innocent victims of a horrific accident that took their lives and that of a 15-year-old they only met by accident.

About Toronto's Weekly Carnage:
Toronto's Weekly Carnage is inspired by NYC's Streetsblog Weekly Carnage feature. The aim of this series of posts is to bring attention to the death and destruction wrought by automobiles and an auto-centric culture. Pursuing policies promoting walking, cycling and public transit could help reduce the carnage.

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