One dead, one badly injured after multiple Gardiner crashes
The Gardiner Expressway was closed Sunday morning between Spadina Avenue and Yonge Street following a series of early-morning accidents that left one man dead and another with life-threatening injuries.
The Gardiner Expressway was closed Sunday morning between Spadina Avenue and Yonge Street following a series of early-morning accidents that left one man dead and another with life-threatening injuries.
The first of the three accidents occurred at 1:11 a.m. January 28, when a man walking on the westbound lanes was struck by a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
As police were investigating that accident, a police cruiser at a check point was hit by another vehicle. The officers weren’t in the car, but minor injuries were reported to the woman operating the vehicle.
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She was transported to hospital, and failing a breathalizer test, had her license suspended.
Police re-opened the highway, and at 3:47 a.m., a westbound vehicle lost control, striking the guard-rail and hitting the back of a pickup truck.
The driver of the car was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police did not have an update as to his condition.
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