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.

Accident Causes Major Chaos And Big Blackout Up North

Police indicate the woman who was driving the van, the sole occupant of that vehicle, attempted to make a left turn when she apparently hit the bus.

Special Needs Students Hurt In Crash

Three special needs high school students and their driver are lucky to be alive after their minivan collided with a full size school bus and another van around 5:10pm at Woodbine and Mt. Albert Road in Sharon

One dead in Mississauga crash

One person is dead after a tractor trailer and a motorcycle collided in Mississauga Wednesday evening.

Man Seriously Injured In Motorcycle Crash

A man was taken to hospital Tuesday morning with serious but not life-threatening injuries after a motorcycle crash on the Gardiner.

Crashes kill 13 in Ontario, including groom a day before wedding

Among the 13 people killed on Ontario roads over the long weekend were a Good Samaritan who stopped to help at a crash near Kitchener and a man who was to be married the next day near Ottawa.

Cyclist killed in hit-and-run identified

Patrick Lonergan, 40, of Toronto, was struck by a stolen truck on Murray Glen Dr., near Pharmacy Ave. around 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Single-car crash victim dies

A man whose car left the road and struck a light pole over the weekend has died.

Killer roads

The fatality was one of at least 14 road deaths across the province on what was possibly one of the worst Labour Day weekends on record.

Two Separate Crashes On Ontario's Highways

A 55-year-old man from Whitby, Ontario, was airlifted from the scene of a serious crash on the Westbound 01 at Westney Road in Ajax on Saturday evening.

Traffic Tragedies Ruin Start Of Long Weekend

It's the last long weekend of the summer and OPP are asking people to be extra careful on the roads.

Victims Trapped For Hours After Truck Flattens Car

Two victims were trapped for several hours in a vehicle flattened by a five ton truck, which turned over onto it while taking evasive action.

Visitation Held For Crash Victim Killed In Front Of Daughter

Avelar was with her three-year-old daughter, Bela, on the 401 near Cambridge Friday when their car was hit by a truck. She got out and took her daughter to the side of the road before going back to the car, apparently to get her cell phone. When she did...

At Least A Dozen Dead In Long Weekend Accidents

It was, quite simply, a tragic weekend on roads across southeastern Ontario, and as the traffic volume rose Monday night for the rush back into the Greater Toronto Area, at least 12 people were dead in its wake.

Mom killed in hit-and-run crash

Police are investigating what may be a double hit-and-run accident after a woman was killed on Hwy. 401 near Kitchener this morning as her young daughter watched from the shoulder.

Three Killed In Three Separate Collisions Heading Into Long Weekend

In just a matter of hours, three serious collisions claimed three separate lives heading into the long weekend.

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