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Man with gunshot wound crashes vehicle with 3-year-old child in backseat

Police investigate a single-vehicle crash in Toronto on Jan. 15, 2017. Global News

Toronto police are investigating a single-vehicle collision in which a male driver was found with a gunshot wound as a 3-year-old child was in the backseat Sunday evening.

The crash, which also took out a light pole, happened around 8:30 p.m. near Kipling Avenue and Henley Crescent.

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Police said the male driver was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck. The child in the backseat was uninjured and transported to hospital as a precaution.

There’s no word yet on any suspects and the circumstances surrounding the incident is under investigation.

Police believe the driver was the child’s uncle.

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