In Etobicoke last week, a woman properly using a pedestrian crosswalk was hit by a minivan and thrown several metres. A controlled crosswalk. There is video—she properly activates the overhead signal to stop traffic, she pauses, she raises her arm to increase being seen. The intersection near The Queensway and Milton Ave has a 50 km/h speed limit. The minivan carries right on, hitting her as she’s halfway through the crosswalk. Warning: this video may be disturbing to some viewers. WARNING: Disturbing content. NEWSTALK1010 has obtained video of a pedestrian getting hit by a van in Etobicoke, thankfully with non-life threatening injuries. But residents say it’s been a dangerous intersection for years and want change. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/E9zd8SARdh NEWSTALK1010 (@NEWSTALK1010) May 23, 2019 News stories can be misleading. Sure, she was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, which is great news. But don’t tell me that getting hit by a minivan going 50 km/h (undetermined) and thrown isn’t going to give you injuries. Soft-tissue damage is real, and there is absolutely no good outcome when steel meets flesh. Dude has been charged with careless driving causing bodily harm. Anyone who blisters into a pedestrian crosswalk with lights activated should also have a search done for where their phone was at the time. That is just my opinion. Locals have weighed in that it’s long been a dangerous intersection; politicians are making noise about decreasing speed limits and increasing signals. In the meantime, shall we judge? Take Our
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