Subway Pusher

• Advocates call for enhanced platform safety on Toronto subway

  Platform doors are in the TTC's long-term capital plan but the funding has not been found for them. The TTC confirmed it had studied the option but it remained unfunded.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2022
  
• Toronto police arrest suspected TTC subway pusher

  Toronto police announced a 45-year-old woman had been arrested and charged with attempted murder, she is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning.

  Crime

  Apr 18, 2022
  
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• Woman pushed onto TTC subway tracks at Bloor-Yonge station escapes by crawling under platform

  Toronto police say a woman narrowly escaped being hit by a TTC subway train Sunday night after she was pushed off the platform by a complete stranger.

  Crime

  Apr 18, 2022
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• Man who pushed stranger in front of TTC subway train receives life sentence

  John Reszetnik, 56, has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years for the killing of an unsuspecting stranger at a Toronto subway station.

  Crime

  Apr 12, 2021
• ‘I was wrong and I’m sorry’: Toronto subway pusher apologizes to victim’s family

  "I am very sorry to the family of Mr. Hayahara, to his daughter, to his grandchildren. This is going to weigh with me for the rest of my life."

  Crime

  Mar 30, 2021
• Man who murdered stranger at TTC subway station should have 15-year parole ineligibility, Crown argues

  'A complete stranger abruptly took the life of our dear loved one. There was no opportunity to say good-bye. Words cannot truly convey the extent of loss we feel on a daily basis.'

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2021
• Toronto man who fatally pushed stranger in front of subway says he thought it was his landlord

  "I murdered him. What are you doing? It's not an assault. It's murder. I murdered him, I pushed him in front of the subway,"John Reszetnik said, according to the statement of facts

  Crime

  Jan 28, 2021
• Man pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder after intentionally pushing stranger in front of Toronto subway

  John Reszetnik admitted that he intentionally pushed a complete stranger in front of a Toronto subway train on June 18, 2018, causing the stranger to die.

  Crime

  Jan 11, 2021