Alleged impaired driver hits construction worker, flips vehicle on Allen Road
Posted February 10, 2023 6:05 am.
Last Updated February 10, 2023 1:11 pm.
A 38-year-old construction worker is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash involving an alleged impaired driver in North York.
The collision occurred in the southbound lanes of Allen Road, south of Lawrence Avenue, around 12:45 a.m.
Police say a worker was doing road maintenance on the left shoulder of the roadway in a designated construction zone when he was struck by a southbound SUV. The vehicle then struck a mound of dirt and flipped over.
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The construction worker was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the SUV, 35-year-old Nelson Jacob-Louis of Toronto, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with impaired driving, impaired driving causing bodily harm and carrying a concealed weapon. Police say he did not sustain any injuries.
Southbound Allen was closed at Lawrence for the investigation but lanes reopened shortly after 8 a.m.
With files from Carl Hanstke
