Woman critically injured after tree branch strikes her and child on west-end street

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 4:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

A pistillate successful her 30s has been taken to infirmary with captious injuries aft a ample histrion subdivision fell connected a west-end thoroughfare connected Tuesday, striking her and a child, Toronto constabulary say.

The subdivision fell successful the country of St. Clair Avenue W. and Avenue Road, constabulary said successful a station connected X, formerly Twitter. Officers were called to the country astatine astir 3:20 p.m.

The child, a 10-year-old girl, was not hurt, constabulary said.

Police added they could not accidental if upwind was a origin and they bash not cognize wherefore the subdivision fell.

Officers person closed the eastbound lanes of St. Clair Ave W. betwixt Deer Park Crescent and Avenue Road.

Toronto nether peculiar upwind statement

The incidental comes aft Environment Canada issued a terrible thunderstorm watch for Toronto connected Tuesday afternoon.

According to the watch, conditions are favourable for the improvement of "dangerous thunderstorms" that could nutrient "damaging" upwind gusts of up to 110 km/h and ample hail up to 4 centimetres.

A acold beforehand sweeping implicit the metropolis is expected to trigger terrible thunderstorms Tuesday, it said.

There is besides a hazard of a tornado, the national upwind bureau said, adding the ticker volition beryllium successful spot until aboriginal this evening.

"Large hail tin harm spot and origin injury. Very beardown upwind gusts tin harm buildings, down trees and stroke ample vehicles disconnected the road," Environment Canada said.

"Be prepared for terrible weather. Take screen immediately, if threatening upwind approaches. Stay indoors erstwhile a thunderstorm strikes. There isn't a spot extracurricular that is harmless during a thunderstorm."

Toronto is besides nether a peculiar upwind statement. Environment Canada said beardown southwest winds are expected to expanse the metropolis Tuesday afternoon. There could be frequent gusts to 80 km/h. The connection is besides successful spot until aboriginal Tuesday evening.

"Loose objects whitethorn beryllium tossed by the upwind and origin wounded oregon damage. More inferior outages whitethorn occur," the national upwind bureau said.

"Motorists, particularly successful precocious illustration vehicles, whitethorn expect hazardous driving conditions connected highways taxable to beardown transverse winds."

The winds are expected to diminish Tuesday evening arsenic the acold beforehand moves through.