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| Yonge and Gerrard |
Police say a 50-pound chunk of ice fell off a building in the vicinity of Yonge St and Granby Street north of Gerrard Street today. It apparently fell harmlessly but cops also say they have had a report of one person who received a serious head injury from falling ice. A 50 pound block of ice might measure a foot square and would certainly prove fatal if it struck a person on the head. Cristina Tengalia of CP24 said the closure of Yonge Street between Gerrard and College/Carlton is the result of ice falling from a crane atop a building on Yonge. As temperatures warmed up overnight, chunks of ice began to fall about 5.30 a.m. Some sheetss were said to be three-feet in length. Police say the street is now closed until at least 4 a.m. Sunday morning when conditions will be re-assessed. Meantime Toronto Hydro CEO Anthony Haines reports that the falling ice complicated the work of repair crews during the day. Despite this, the lineman are making progress. At latest report Saturday evening the number of those without power was down to about 16,000 or five percent of metred customers. Falling ice was less perilous but annoying in the treed neighborhoods of South Bayview where ice began rattling down onto roofs overnight. Some locations had a fairly steady drumming all night.
