Driver killed after vehicle hits pole, catches fire early Sunday: Toronto police

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· Posted: Apr 18, 2025 7:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

One idiosyncratic is dormant aft their conveyance collided with a rod and caught occurrence successful Scarborough aboriginal Friday, Toronto constabulary say. 

Toronto constabulary accidental they responded to a single-vehicle collision adjacent Eglinton Avenue East and Brimley Road astatine astir 12:25 a.m. successful a station connected X. 

The conveyance had caught occurrence with the driver, the lone occupant, trapped inside. It was inactive connected occurrence erstwhile exigency crews arrived, a spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service said. 

The operator was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. They person not been identified yet and the origin of the collision is inactive nether investigation, the spokesperson said. 

The intersection remains closed Friday greeting arsenic constabulary transportation retired their investigation.