Cyclist killed by collision with cement truck Sep. 12, 2006. (Star)A 47-year-old male cyclist is dead after being hit by a cement truck in the city’s north-end Monday afternoon. The man, whose identity is not being released, was riding his bicycle west in the curb lane of Eglinton Ave. E. near Leslie St. when he was hit by the cement truck going in the same direction around 4:30 p.m., Toronto police said. The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died, police said. Toronto Traffic Services is investigating the scene and no other details have been released at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS
Police Press Release
That's the third Cyclist killed in Toronto this year. ARC will be organizing a memorial ride next week for the fallen Cyclist. I will post details here.
All cyclists welcome.
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Somewhat unrelated, but: has anyone else noticed that the roads seem to get MORE dangerous once school starts again every year? Doesn’t that seem counter-intuitive? Shouldn’t people be attempting INCREASED safety?
This morning alone I had:
-a person walking along the street in the bike lane next to the sidewalk who suddenly made a move to cross the street without shoulder checking as I was passing him
-a group of kids crossing the street who walked off the sidewalk and THEN looked
-a guy walking who encountered a telephone pole and went around the left and into the bike lane when I was about 5’ behind him
-a car that was attempting to pass another by driving into the bike lane 20’ before a cross walk (with a very obvious yellow “No Passing” sign). I matched his speed and blocked him which resulted in glaring and screeching tires. The screeching happened behind me so I have no idea where he was trying to go with a car just ahead of him. Scare tactics I guess.
And those specific incidents are of course besides the big increase in traffic volume (and therefore increase in your average day-to-day near death experiences) in the past week.
sigh
-wes
It has to do with the volume of traffic increasing by well over 30% after the holidays.
And I think people grudgingly going back to the grind of being stuck in gridlock.
30%? wow. yeah, that would explain it, although it actually seems like more than that to me. I guage what traffic is going to be like when I turn onto Ossington and check out the length of the line of cars turning left onto Harbord. :)
-w
A metro police officer was quoted saying that peeps in cars are more prone now aday's to use it as a weapon(road rage) and it is going to get alot worse :|
I believe it.
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