Toronto police say an 82-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a truck in the city’s east end on Tuesday.
In a news release issued Tuesday evening, police said emergency crews were called to the area of Main Street and Danforth Avenue at 3:10 p.m.
Officers said the victim, who was using a wheelchair, was crossing from the southeast corner to the northeast corner of the intersection when the incident occurred.
A 53-year-old man driving a dump truck north on Main Street turned right to go east on Danforth Avenue and the woman was struck while using the crosswalk, police said.
The woman died at the scene.
Anyone with information or video footage of the incident is asked to contact police at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
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