A woman is in critical and life-threatening condition after being struck by a bus in Toronto’s east end Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to the area of Kingswood and Kingston roads, west of Victoria Park Avenue, just after 4 p.m. for a collision.
Police say the woman was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
The circumstances surrounding the collision are not immediately known.
Kingston Road was closed between Scarborough Road and Bingham Avenue for the investigation. The road has since reopened.
COLLISION:
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) October 9, 2024
Kingswood Rd & Kingston Rd
4:02 pm
- pedestrian struck by a bus
- police o/s
- woman being transported to hospital with serious injuries
- expect road closures in the area
- consider alternate routes#GO2214529
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The incident is one of the three collisions that Toronto police responded to this afternoon.
At around 4:25 p.m., officers were dispatched to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Third Street in Etobicoke after a motorcycle and another vehicle collided.
Police said a man was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene, police said. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
COLLISION:
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) October 9, 2024
Lake Shore Blvd W & Third St
4:24 pm
- motorcyclist and vehicle involved
- police o/s
- driver remained o/s
- man transported to hospital w/serious non-life threatening injuries
- W/B Lake Shore Blvd W closed Second St to Third St#GO2214677
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A third crash involving an e-bike and another vehicle occurred near Keele Street and Saint Regis Crescent, south of Finch Avenue West, around 5:20 p.m.
A male was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.