Six people were taken to the hospital, one of them fatally injured, after a vehicle collided with a TTC bus in North York on Friday night, authorities said.
Emergency crews were called to the Wilson Avenue and Champlain Boulevard area, east of Allen Road, around 11:20 p.m.
A Toronto police spokesman told Global News that a black Mercedes was driving west on Wilson Avenue at high speed when the driver lost control, entered the eastbound lanes and collided with a TTC bus.
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The spokesman said that an occupant of the Mercedes was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and that the bus driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Toronto paramedics told Global News that a total of six people were taken to the hospital, including a male victim in his 18s who was in critical condition and a second male patient who sustained serious injuries.
Four others were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries.
Police said the investigation is ongoing. There is no information on what charges, if any, can be brought.
Roads were closed in the area, but have since reopened.
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