TORONTO – A five-year-girl is dead after three children were struck by a garbage truck in east-end Toronto.
A spokeswoman with Toronto Emergency Medical Services says paramedics were called to the scene (at Cliffside Drive and East Haven) at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday.
Get daily National news
Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Kim McKinnon says three children were treated at the scene and two of them – a boy and a girl – were transported to a pediatric trauma centre with serious injuries.
McKinnon says the third child died of her injuries and was not transported.
Police say the girl who was killed, and the six-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl who were taken to hospital were in a group of four children.
Police say the fourth child was not injured.
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.