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Elderly woman struck by garbage truck while walking in Toronto, police say

Toronto police say a garbage truck struck a female pedestrian. Global News

An elderly woman has been rushed to a trauma centre after she was struck by a garbage truck in Toronto, police say.

A collision was reported around Shuter and Jarvis streets after 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening in Toronto. Police and paramedics attended the scene.

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Toronto police said a garbage truck struck a pedestrian, and remained at the scene.

Read more: 1 taken to trauma centre after 3-vehicle collision in Toronto

Toronto paramedics told Global News a woman in her 70s was rushed to a trauma centre with serious injuries. Police said the woman was in her 80s.

Shuter Street was closed after the collision.

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