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Construction equipment used to smash into Toronto bank, ATM taken

A backhoe being towed from the scene of a damaged bank, stolen ATM. Phil Pang / Global News

Toronto Police say a piece of construction equipment was used to crash into a bank where an ATM and some cash was taken.

The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday at a TD Bank at a plaza located at Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue West.

Images from the scene show the front of the bank smashed in and an abandoned backhoe was left.

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Police said there were no injuries but there is “significant damage” to the property.

An ATM was removed from the site and a unknown quantity of cash was taken, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.

— With files from The Canadian Press

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A backhoe at the scene of a damaged bank, ATM taken. Phil Pang / Global News

 

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