A five-year-old girl is dead after a vehicle driven by her mom crashed into a tree. Photo courtesy CP24.
Mom is injured but her daughter dies.
A five-year-old girl has died after a vehicle driven by her mother slammed into a tree on Renforth Drive.
A 31-year-old woman driving a white Nissan Versa was transported to an area hospital and is in non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
Police said the incident occurred on November 13 at 9:09 p.m. after officers responded to a collision on Renforth, just south of Centennial Park Gate.
An investigation is underway as to what happened. Courtesy photo.
“The woman lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree on the east side of Renforth Drive,” officers from Traffic Services said in a release.
“A five-year-old girl who was a passenger in the vehicle was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced deceased at hospital.”
“I saw them trying to get the mother out of the vehicle while she was sadly screaming and horrified,” one witness said.
The investigation is being conducted by members of Traffic Services. Police are interested in speaking anyone who may have witnessed the collision as well as local residents, businesses or drivers who may have security or dash camera footage of the area or incident.
It is not known what led to the crash.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1900, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes or Google Play.