A three-year-old boy who was taken to hospital in critical condition after a collision in North Toronto Saturday morning was not properly restrained inside the vehicle, according to an update by police.
Emergency crews were called to Avenue Road and Roselawn Avenue around 8:10 a.m. after a car carrying the boy, along with his mother and father, hit a pole.
Paramedics rushed the boy to the Hospital for Sick Children with a police escort.
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Meanwhile, the boy’s father was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in serious condition.
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The boy’s mother wasn’t injured.
Toronto police collision reconstruction unit officers were called to assist with the investigation.
It is not yet known what caused the collision.
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