WATCH: SUV narrowly misses pedestrians on crowded downtown sidewalk
Posted July 31, 2023 11:27 am.
Last Updated July 31, 2023 11:56 am.
New video has emerged that appears to show a vehicle on a busy downtown sidewalk following an alleged road rage incident over the weekend.
In the footage posted to TikTok, a blue Ford SUV can be seen narrowly missing pedestrians on a crowded Front Street sidewalk before the driver turns south onto Lower Simcoe Street.
The driver goes on to use a bike lane to get by the southbound traffic, continuing underneath the railway bridge towards Bremner Boulevard. The vehicle can be seen weaving back into the southbound lane of Lower Simcoe to avoid a pair of cyclists in the bike lane.
A number of the pedestrians in the video can be heard yelling at the SUV to stop, with some appearing to briefly chase the vehicle on foot.
Toronto police responded to the same area around 7 p.m. Saturday, saying the occupants of a blue Ford Escape got into an altercation with another driver near Front and Lower Simcoe. The driver of the SUV allegedly smashed the hood of the other vehicle with a collapsible baton.
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but police said the Ford Escape proceeded to drive through heavy traffic and onto the sidewalk, striking seven stopped cars in the process and nearly hitting pedestrians.
Police were able to stop the SUV near Bremner and Lower Simcoe. No serious injuries were reported.
A vehicle after a collision in the Bremner Boulevard and Lower Simcoe Street area. (Matt Wilkins/CITYNEWS)
Officers arrested two men and two women in the vehicle.
Corey Lane, 25, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon, mischief to property under $5,000, two counts of failure to stop for police, four counts of dangerous operation, possession of property obtained By crime under $5,000, driving a motor vehicle while suspended and use of an unauthorized plate.
He was scheduled to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on Sunday.
Audrey Humphreys, 18, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. She is scheduled to appear in court at the Ontario Court of Justice Toronto on September 13.
The two remaining passengers were released unconditionally.
With files from Hayley McGoldrick
