Lanes on the Don Valley Parkway reopened on Sunday afternoon after a man fell to his death from the Leaside Bridge, injuring the driver of a vehicle on the road below.
Toronto police said they were called to the area and closed the northbound lanes of the highway when they arrived around noon.
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Police said the driver was taken to hospital from the scene with serious injuries.
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Officers at the scene expected the Don Valley Parkway to remain closed at Leaside Bridge for at least a couple of hours. They reopened around 4 p.m., police said.
The Leaside Bridge crosses the Don Valley Parkway and river in East York around Thorncliffe.
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