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Tragedy Strikes North York Family
Feb 25, 2000
A 65-year-old woman was killed after she was hit by a car backing out of a parking spot at a home in the Keele Street and Finch Avenue area Thursday night.
Toronto Police said the victim was with her four-year-old granddaughter at the time and the vehicle was being driven by her son-in-law. Police are not releasing names at the request of her family.
The four-year-old was knocked to the ground in the incident, but was not seriously injured.
The woman was rushed to Humber River Regional Hospital in North York where she was pronounced dead, police said. The girl was taken to the Hospital For Sick Children with non-life threatening injuries.
Police said the incident took place at about 6:17 p.m. in a parking area at 9 Four Winds Drive. A 32-year-old man had parked and dropped off his 65-year-old mother-in-law and her four-year-old granddaughter, his niece.
Also in the car at the time was the driver's two-year-old son. Police said the two walked behind the car as it was reversing and it ran over the woman and knocking the girl down.
Investigators from the Toronto Police traffic unit are investigating the incident and are asking any witnesses to call 808-1900.
Neighbour backed over woman with car
March 19, 2000
By KERRY THOMPSON
A tragic scene unfolded in a North York neighbourhood Friday afternoon as an elderly woman was run over by a neighbour's vehicle. Marie Meingarten, 76, was outside her home on Ellerslie Avenue, near Bathurst and Finch Av. around 3 p.m. carrying food and cooking utensils down a small sidewalk toward the garage to put it in the family car. But from what investigators can gather, the woman somehow fell off the walkway and onto her next door neighbour's adjacent driveway, where she was run over when the driver came out of his home and failed to see her behind his Chevrolet Suburban. Sgt. Ken Trotman of traffic services said it appears the man's vehicle thumped the woman, and then ran over her as he backed out of the driveway.
Paramedics were called to the scene after the driver, 40, pulled forward in the driveway and got out to see what he had hit.
"It's an unfortunate accident," Trotman said, adding that no charges will be laid against the driver of the vehicle.
Meingarten was pronounced dead at the scene after succumbing to massive head and internal injuries.
Neighbours said the woman and her husband were an active couple, and Meingarten was involved with numerous charities.
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Toronto
WOMAN DIES IN ACCIDENT
Feb 25, 2000
A 65-year-old woman is dead after being run over by a car in the parking lot of a North York apartment building last night. The accident occurred at 6:30 p.m. when the woman, holding her 4-year-old granddaughter, was struck by a car as it was backing up in the parking lot near Keele St. and Finch Ave. W. The child was treated at the scene for minor injuries, but the woman died after being taken to York Finch Hospital. Police have not released the victim's name.
Briefly
Toronto
WOMAN STRUCK AND KILLED
Nov. 21, 2001
An 82-year-old Toronto woman was killed yesterday when she was struck by a car driven by her 83-year-old husband. The incident occurred at about 2:15 p.m. in a parking lot on Willowdale Ave. near the couple's home. Police say the woman was standing behind the car when it was set in motion. Both husband and wife were taken to SunnyBrook Health Science Center, where she was pronounced dead and he was treated for shock. The victim's name has not been released.
Briefly
Toronto
WOMAN DIES IN PARKING LOT MISHAP
March 27, 2000
A woman died after a vehicle backed over her in a mall parking lot. The woman 67, was walking east across the parking lot of the Malvern Town Center in Scarborough around 3 p.m. Saturday when a car hit her while reversing. At the request of the family, Police are not releasing her name. No charges have been laid.
Briefly
York Region
MAN KILLED BY TRUCK
Oct. 16, 2000
A 31-year-old man was killed Saturday while guiding a dump truck reversing on Center St. near Bathurst St. in Vaughan. As it backed up, the man was knocked to the ground and ran him over, police say. The accident is under investigation, but the haulage company has been charged with permitting the operation of an unsafe motor vehicle. Police would not release the name of the victim or the firm.
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Toronto
MAN KILLED BY LOADER
Feb 24, 2000
A 60-year-old man was killed in an industrial accident at a cement company in Etobicoke yesterday, the victim was standing in the rear yard of Ontario Redimix at 21 Goodmark Place, near Highway 27 and Steeles Ave W., When he was struck by a front-end loader, which was in reverse, and killed instantly. The name of the victim is being withheld until the family is notified.
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