Multiple pedestrians struck by drywall in Oakwood Village

A Toronto police vehicle is shown parked on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives

By Meredith Bond

Posted April 29, 2025 4:42 pm.

Multiple pedestrians have been struck by pieces of drywall from a nearby construction site in Oakwood Village.

Toronto police were called to Eglinton Avenue West and Oakwood Avenue just before 4 p.m.

No injuries appear to be serious and the weather is being considered a factor in the incident.

Eglinton is closed at Oakwood.

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