Toronto police say two men have died after separate collisions in the city’s east end on Thursday.
Emergency crews were first called to the corner of Howden Road and Lawrence Avenue East, just west of Birchmount Road, at around 11:45 a.m. with reports of a collision involving a transport truck
A Toronto Paramedics spokesperson told Global News a 44-year-old man was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in life-threatening condition.
Police later said he succumbed to his injuries.
Officers closed a large portion of Lawrence Avenue East as officers gathered evidence at the scene. The roads reopened just after 3 p.m.
At around 4 p.m., emergency crews were called the intersection of Queensbury Avenue and Clonmore Drive, southwest of Warden and Danforth avenues.
A police spokesperson said a man, who is believed to be in his 40s, was hit by a car. He later died in hospital.
Officers said the drivers of the truck and the car remained at the scenes.
The Toronto Police Traffic Services unit was called in to investigate both collisions and the circumstances leading up to those collisions.
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