Police investigating a brutal crash at Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Thirteenth Street that sent a family to hospital. File photo.
A family has been hospitalized and is suffering after being struck by a car in New Toronto.
A man and a woman and two children aged between eight and 14 –years-old were bloodied and crying when taken by paramedics as they went flying after being hit.
Police said the woman and children suffered serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle on Lake Shore Blvd., near Thirteenth Street, just before 6:30 p.m. on October 11.
The man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the four were struck by a vehicle at the same time.
The driver remained at the scene, police said.
The driver of the vehicle told bystanders he was blinded by the bright sunlight as he was turning.
It is not known if any charges were laid.
Westbound Lake Shore Boulevard was closed between Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets during the investigation.
Witness said the driver of the vehicle complained he could not see what was in front of him due to the bright evening sun.
Dozens of well-wishers took to social media to offer prayers to the family and a speedy recovery.
The family struck was walking across the street when hit.
Area resident Mallory Leigh said the victims included a mom and her children.
“The mother took the brunt end of it and flew off the wind shield, she was lying on the road,” Leigh wrote. “The kids were off to the side crying and bleeding it was a very scary sight.”
She said the family was walking across the street and the driver of the vehicle told bystanders that he couldn’t see due to the sun.
“People nearby went to the aid of the children and the mom until the paramedics arrived and directed traffic,” she said.
Construction worker Anthony Crocker said he was on his way home from work and watched it happen.
“There was people still trying to go straight through and I had to tell them and redirect them to go down the side roads,” Crocker related. “My thoughts and prayers to whoever the person is that got hit.”
Angelz said the windshield of the vehicle was cracked.
“It just doesn’t make sense cause the pedestrian walk was probably on,” she wrote. “Praying for the whole family and everyone involved.”
Others said the mom was bleeding from her head and the children were crying, with one saying they ‘didn’t want to die.”