Timeline: Major crashes involving the TTC in 2014
Posted December 27, 2014 4:32 pm.
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The following is a list of some major crashes involving TTC buses and streetcars in the past year.
Sept. 18: A 79-year-old man dies after he is struck by a streetcar on St. Clair Avenue West, near Yonge Street.
Sept. 30: A 73-year-old woman dies after she is struck by a streetcar in the Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue area. The woman was crossing the street mid-block when she was pinned by the vehicle.Oct. 11: A 65-year-old woman dies after she is hit by a TTC bus in North York. Police say the woman was in a marked crosswalk on Lawrence Avenue, west of Allen Road and Lawrence West subway station, at the time.
Nov. 9: One person dies and eight others are injured in a collision involving a TTC bus and a car that ends with the bus smashing into a CIBC building on Kipling Avenue, north of Rexdale Boulevard. One man in the car dies at the scene, and two others in that vehicle are sent to hospital in critical condition.
The bus driver and passengers suffer non-life-threatening injuries.
Dec. 19: Amaria Diljohn, 14, is killed after she is hit by a TTC bus while crossing at Finch Avenue East and Neilson Road. The bus fails to remain at the scene and its 27-year-old driver later surrenders to police. No charges have been laid.
