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Pedestrian killed, others injured after car jumps curb on Yonge Street

WATCH ABOVE: The accident happened around 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the busy intersection of Yonge and Park Home Avenue. Peter Kim reports.

TORONTO — A man has died after a car jumped a curb and hit multiple pedestrians on a Yonge Street sidewalk Thursday afternoon.

As many as six people were injured in the incident near the intersection of Yonge Street and Park Home Avenue around 1:30 p.m.

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The driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital along with three pedestrians who were struck.

After the car went over the curb it then proceeded over a barrier, coming to a stop in a parking lot where it hit two other vehicles.

The car also apparently hit a cab immediately before turning left onto Yonge Street where it mounted the curb.

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Yonge St. was closed from Elmwood Avenue to Empress Avenue while officials investigated.

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