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Driver critically injured after crashing into multiple parked cars in The Beaches: Toronto police

Toronto police say a driver is in critical condition after crashing into multiple parked cars in the city's east end. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Toronto police say a driver is in life-threatening condition after crashing into multiple parked vehicles in The Beaches area.

Officers responded at 2:11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, to the area of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Woodbine Avenue.

The driver, a 25-year-old man, alongside a 20-year-old woman in the passenger seat, was heading eastbound on Lake Shore Boulevard East, approaching Woodbine Avenue when he miscalculated the curve in the road, police said.

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Investigators said the driver lost control and struck a parked, unoccupied Honda in the northbound curb lane on Woodbine Avenue.

As the car continued, the driver then mounted the east curb, hitting a planter box and hydro pole along the way.

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Officers said as a result of the crash with the Honda vehicle, that car then pushed onto two other unoccupied vehicles parked alongside each other.

Police said the driver suffered critical, life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital for treatment, while the passenger only suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was also treated in hospital.

Anyone with further information or have security footage are asked to call police at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

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