Sunday night’s accident at the Soudan Ave crosswalk on Bayview Ave. remains under investigation by 53 Division Traffic officers. Simon Baker was what might be called an audio witness as a southbound van struck a women dressed in jogging clothes in the crosswalk. “The sound was almost as loud as two cars colliding.” say Mr. Baker. He was just sitting down to dinner with his girlfriend when he heard the thump and screams of people on the street. Other witnesses told Baker that the jogger had pressed the crosswalk button on the west side of Bayview by Parker’s Cleaners. She was thrown into the northbound lane by the Toyota van. Her body landed in front of a northbound Mercedes driven by driver who was sufficiently alert to stop before she hit the victim. The van was driven by two young men who Mr Baker estimated to be in their early 20s. One supported himself on crutches. Baker, a videographer, saw the scene from the balcony of his apartment on the northeast corner of Bayview and Parkhurst Blvd. “I grabbed my cell and called 9-1-1,” he said. “When I got down to the street there were already five or six people trying to help the girl. But she was absolutely unconscious. The woman remains in Sunnybrook Hospital and her injuries are now said to be not life-threatening. Photos: Courtesy Simon Baker Top, woman jogger was thrown from the Soudan-Parkhurst crosswalk to the opposite side of the intersection. Her body landed in front of the northbound car; centre is a chalk outline of where victim lay; bottom, police photograph fender of car that hit the woman. Jogger hurled across Bayview Ave. by impact
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Sunday night’s accident at the Soudan Ave crosswalk on Bayview Ave. remains under investigation by 53 Division Traffic officers. Simon Baker was what might be called an audio witness as a southbound van struck a women dressed in jogging clothes in the crosswalk. “The sound was almost as loud as two cars colliding.” say Mr. Baker. He was just sitting down to dinner with his girlfriend when he heard the thump and screams of people on the street. Other witnesses told Baker that the jogger had pressed the crosswalk button on the west side of Bayview by Parker’s Cleaners. She was thrown into the northbound lane by the Toyota van. Her body landed in front of a northbound Mercedes driven by driver who was sufficiently alert to stop before she hit the victim. The van was driven by two young men who Mr Baker estimated to be in their early 20s. One supported himself on crutches. Baker, a videographer, saw the scene from the balcony of his apartment on the northeast corner of Bayview and Parkhurst Blvd. “I grabbed my cell and called 9-1-1,” he said. “When I got down to the street there were already five or six people trying to help the girl. But she was absolutely unconscious. The woman remains in Sunnybrook Hospital and her injuries are now said to be not life-threatening. Photos: Courtesy Simon Baker Top, woman jogger was thrown from the Soudan-Parkhurst crosswalk to the opposite side of the intersection. Her body landed in front of the northbound car; centre is a chalk outline of where victim lay; bottom, police photograph fender of car that hit the woman. 