POLICE HAD their hands filled with three people dead in Mimico. Courtesy photo.
Tearful witnesses say they’ve never seen a violent crash like this.
Three people, including two Mimico-area residents, have been pronounced dead in a motor vehicle crash that occurred in the Lake Shore Blvd. W. area and Superior Ave.
First responders were called to the area just after 5:30 p.m. on March 31.
Lake Shore Blvd. W. was shut for hours as an investigation into the deaths were launched.
When police arrived several people had no vital signs present.
Police say two pedestrians were struck and killed after a car hit a flatbed truck at what appeared to be a fast speed.
Traffic officers Police passengers may have been ejected from a vehicle after a fast-moving car struck a parked flatbed truck.
In a tweet, police said that three people were without vital signs at the scene. Paramedics have confirmed three people died following the collision.
“It was terrible,” said long-time Mimico resident Carl. “I have never seen a crash like this before.”
INTERSECTION of Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Superior Ave. where crash took place. Photo courtesy CTV.
Carl said one man was hit and believed to be killed after he left a nearby Valumart grocery store.
“All he was doing was buying milk or bread or something and he was killed,” he mourned.
Witnesses said a woman was sent flying over a flatbed truck that had blocked part of Lake Shore Blvd. W. for construction work.
“People who saw this as I did will not be able to sleep tonight,” he said. “All this happened right in front of me.”
Witnesses said the car seemed to have lost control at the intersection and slammed into the trailer, which was involved in construction work.
Police said they are in the early stages of their investigation. The names of the victims have not been released.