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Man in serious condition after shooting in Toronto’s east end

Click to play video: 'Man found with gunshot wound after car collides with pole'
Man found with gunshot wound after car collides with pole
WATCH: Toronto police say a man’s car collided with a light pole after he had been shot in Scarborough. – Dec 18, 2019

Toronto police and paramedics say a man has serious injuries after he was shot in the city’s east end Wednesday evening.

A police spokesperson told Global News emergency crews were called to the area of Scarborough Golf Club and Newark roads, south of Ellesmere Road, just after 7:45 p.m. after the man’s vehicle crashed into a pole.

The spokesperson said it was later determined the man, who is believed to be in his 30s, was found slumped over the wheel with a gunshot wound and unresponsive.

They said paramedics were working to save the victim’s life.

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As of Wednesday night, it wasn’t clear where exactly the shooting occurred and what the circumstances were leading up to the crash.

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A Toronto Paramedics spokesperson told Global News the man was being taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police didn’t release suspect information.

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