Friday, January 8, 2010

Driver arrested at gunpoint after car crashes at Bloor and Emerson

From the Toronto Star:

Toronto police weren't saying much Thursday night after an injured man was arrested at gunpoint following a car crash on a west-end street.

Residents in the area of Dupont St. and Lansdowne Ave. called 911 after hearing what they thought was the sound of gunshots before three vehicles sped south down Emerson Ave. towards Bloor St. W. around 6:00 p.m.

Moments later a grey compact car rammed into the rear of a van stopped on Bloor.

A roofer working on a nearby building said he heard the crash and looked down to see plainclothes police officers with their guns drawn yelling at the driver to get out of the crumpled Hyundai.

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Is Bloor and Lansdowne safe?
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