POLICE AND EMERGENCY officials fought valiantly to save the boy’s life. CP24 photo.
Family and friends are comforting a grieving Mimico couple whose two-year-old son was struck and killed by a driver at Albert Avenue and Lake Shore Blvd. W.
Neighbours are rallying online to help the grief-filled family as they make funeral arrangements.
Toronto police and paramedics were called on August 18 to a parking lot of an apartment building near Albert Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West around 7:30 p.m. for a collision.
The LITTLE BOY was in terrible shape and died soon after in hospital. CP24 photo.
Emergency officials located a child suffering from serious, life-threatening injuries. The boy was trapped under a car.
He was rushed to a trauma centre, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
Officers have been at the scene in search of evidence and to take measurements.
Duty Insp. Lori Kranenburg told CP24 the boy was with a parent at the time of the incident.
AREA WHERE the child was killed in parking lot on Albert Avenue.
“At this time, there have been no charges laid is that is an ongoing investigation,” Kranenburg said.
Area residents have taken to social media to organize to help provide the family with hot meals and other necessities as they say goodbye to their son.
The Mimico area has been hit hard with the loss of four people in the last five months as a result of traffic issues.
Three people were killed last March 31, including two pedestrians, in a high-speed collision that took place a block away from where the boy was killed.
Two long-time and well-known pedestrians and a driver were killed in the violent collision at was witnessed by many Mimico residents.
Residents are wondering if motorists speeding on Lake Shore Blvd. W. are forced to hit the brakes as they enter an area of track replacement that has affected traffic flow.