Video shows the moment a Toronto police cruiser struck and knocked down a light pole

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The drama playing out in a densely populated section of the city this latest incident now prompting pointed questions from politicians ctv’s John Woodward is live with tonight’s top story John Michelle it was a very busy area Towers all around we talked to plenty of people today who say they could have

Been crushed by that light pole but for dumb luck there were plenty of people in this downtown Street when this video shows a Toronto police cruiser rounding the corner jumping the curb and hitting a light pole knocking it to the ground residents of the towers around Dan lucky

Way and Fort York Boulevard recorded officers cordoning off the area and inspecting the debris left behind by the crash Saturday morning which caused significant damage to the cruiser holy the video astonishing to Keith Smith who has lunch regularly with his crew in exactly the spot that light pole fell D

It’s Crazy I don’t know how he managed to like not straighten himself out if we’ have been sitting here we would have been done that’s unbelievable unable debris still there Monday those City pylons replaced the down pole police said the male driver lost control the female passenger was taken to hospital with

Minor injuries the surveillance video obtained by biking lawyer David shellnut when I woke up to this video sent by a concerned member of the public I was flabbergasted he says the careless driving should be unacceptable to Toronto police when you’re just driving around guys you’ve got to follow the

Rules of the road like everybody else it’s you we look to uh to lead an example on road safety the crash comes on the heels of several other incidents that have made the news including a cyclist seriously injured by a police cruiser turning on BL Street a

Pedestrian run into as she crossed the road on duffen street at Liberty and numerous automated speeding and red light tickets uncovered by CTV news of police vehicles the police have a lot of vehicles out there and that people make mistakes councelor John Burnside is a former police officer who now sits on

Toronto’s police board he says he’ll ask the service to disclose how exactly these traffic incidents are dealt with there has to be transparent and people have to feel confident in the Police Service that they are not acting Above the Law something these workers agree with they need to be accounted uh held

Accountable for their actions just like the rest of us right they feel they’re lucky they weren’t under the pole when it fell we did ask Toronto Hydro the cost of repairing and replacing a pole like this they said it runs between 5 and $1,000 not clear if the Toronto police

Service will be footing the bill reporting live I’m John Woodward Nathan back to you

Video has emerged of the moment a Toronto police cruiser lost control making a right turn on a busy street surrounded by pedestrians, knocking over a light pole.

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35 COMMENTS

  1. Yes police need to be accountable. But everyone makes mistakes.
    But it’s ironic when a politician is asking for that yet they are the ones who never give a straight answer.
    And if you check, wasn’t Brad Bradford a police officer ?
    Yes, yes he was.
    Be careful Brad, things have a way of coming to light.

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