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TORONTO – Toronto police say five separate collisions involving pedestrians occurred within a two-hour span on Tuesday evening.
The most serious collision happened when a 70-year-old woman was struck by a pickup truck as she tried to cross a street, just as it began getting dark.
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Paramedics say the woman was unconscious but breathing when emergency crews arrived on the scene in the Dundas Street West and Dupont Street area just after 4:30 p.m.
Const. Clint Stibbe says the woman suffered life-threatening injuries, including facial and head trauma, and was rushed to a local trauma centre.
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Police say the pickup, driven by a 45-year-old man, was turning left when the pedestrian was struck.
The pedestrians in the four other collisions on Tuesday were not seriously injured.
Toronto police statistics reveal most pedestrians are struck while a car is making a left turn.
“When we look at last year’s number for collisions with pedestrians, 307 of those collision were left turns, right turns was 204 and mid-block crossings was 198. So those are the top 3 reasons for pedestrians getting hit,” Stibbe said. “It’s basically a 50-50 split between driver error and pedestrians as to who’s at fault.”
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