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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2017

Woman who pulled down her At least 2 dead in fiery highway pileup

pants in front of police charged
with committing an indecent act that sent drivers running for their lives

Wapole Island woman is charged with committing SAO NEWS
an indecent act for pulling down her pants near a TORONTO
ATim Hortons in Wallaceburg.
Man wearing kilt and cowboy hat charged after t least two people have died in a
allegedly exposing his genitals 14-vehicle pileup that sent a
The 32-year-old was near the coffee shop on Dufferin Awave of flames down a highway
Avenue around 1:30 p.m. when she pulled down her pants north of Toronto, prompting motorists
and exposed her underwear, according to Chatham-Kent to run for their lives, Ontario
police. Provincial Police said Wednesday.
When officers located her on Lisgar Street she "exposed Police said the number of fatalities
herself" again. may rise as they reach more vehicles
Public action to counter involved in the fiery crash late
Tuesday night on Highway 400 south of
Toronto's rising economic Barrie, Ont.
"There are cars everywhere, twisted
inequality transport trucks, destroyed vehicles,
metal that is unrecognizable as to
whether or not it is a vehicle at all or
esponding to a new report released by the United not. And that's why we're still looking
Way of Toronto and York Region, Sean Meagher, to determine any other victims that
RExecutive Director of Social Planning Toronto, may be inside the vehicles, which we
called for public action to counter Toronto's rising haven't been able to ascertain at this
economic inequality: point," OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told
"The report outlines an overwhelmingly divided city, reporters at the scene. a few hundred metres further north on the initial reports indicate that a
created by a failure to invest adequately in our Schmidt said there's going to be a lot Highway 400. transport truck may have collided into
neighbourhoods and residents," said Meagher. "With one- of work to pull the victims out of the Heavy traffic from that collision slowing traffic.
in-four children living in poverty, we have to do better". damaged vehicles. likely set the scene for the more major "The sky was clear, it was dark,
Meagher emphasized the growing number of Toronto "It's absolutely devastating and accident, he said. obviously, at the time … no issues on
families waiting for childcare, housing, and recreational beyond description," Schmidt said, Gallant was on the scene of the first the road surface for visibility," Schmidt
services: noting that first responders were collision when he said two fuel tanker said, adding police will be looking at
"Over 180,000 residents are waiting for access to shocked by what they found when they trucks and at least three transport possible mechanical issues as well as
recreation programs," said Meagher, "and now, there are arrived. trucks collided just before 11:30 p.m. any possible human factors.
more people waiting for social housing than there are "It's one of the worst crashes I've Tuesday, setting off a devastating Premier Kathleen Wynne expressed
living in social housing - 100,000 families. If we don't see ever seen in terms of absolute carnage chain reaction. her condolences to the victims'
the connection to City services like these, we risk falling and destruction," he said. "When I looked to the south from the families, calling the accident "a
further behind." Luba Zariczny, 25, said she felt the accident I was already on, all I saw was horrible, horrible tragedy."
Meagher noted the upcoming City Budget has a chance heat from the flames from the other a big ball of fire," Gallant said. "We will in the aftermath of this
to catch up, urging Council to fulfill its commitment to side of the highway as she drove past Schmidt said the crash sent fuel collision, obviously we will look at
poverty reduction: "Council committed to a poverty the crash on her way home to "rolling down the highway." what happened, we will be advised on
reduction strategy but is $66 million short of living up to Mississauga, Ont. She pulled over "People were running for their lives whether there's more that could have
those commitments. Ultimately, access to quality about 100 metres away and shot video to not be encompassed by the moving been done to prevent such a crash," she
affordable housing, good jobs, and reliable accessible on her phone that shows towering fire that was on the highway," he said. said.
transit are the best way to reduce inequality in Toronto. flames and heavy black smoke. Firefighters let the fuel burn itself The stretch of the highway where
We need our Mayor and Council to rise to the occasion "I felt a lot of heat coming off it and out before tackling any remaining hot the crash happened has been under
with new investments in the upcoming budget." just a lot of cars burnt up and people spots and are still at the scene, Schmidt construction for months.
Social Planning Toronto is a non-profit community just off to the side. It looked like some said. Gallant said his was one of eight As recently as last week, provincial
organization that works to improve equity, social justice people tried to reverse back and then fire departments on the scene that police were highlighting the dangerous
and quality of life in Toronto through community there was other cars that I could see helped get the fire largely under nature of accidents involving
capacity building, community education and advocacy, emergency lights on so they just control within about two hours. commercial transport trucks.
policy research and analysis, and social reporting. Social literally left their cars and ran," she Paul Novosad, a freelance The force said it has responded to
Planning Toronto is committed to building a "Civic said. photographer who observed first more than 5,000 such collisions this
Society" one in which diversity, equity, social and "The flames is what kind of freaked responders battling the blaze, counted year, with 67 people killed. In the two
economic justice, interdependence and active me out," she said. "I automatically about 26 fire trucks swarming over the previous years, OPP tracked 13,668
participation are central to all aspects of our lives - in our assumed that there was definitely scene in what he described as a well-co- crashes involving commercial
families, neighbourhoods, voluntary and recreational casualties in there, like fatalities. Just ordinated effort. transport trucks that killed a total of
activities, and in our politics. seeing how on a big scale it was, it gets "The fire was just spectacular. It kept 155 people.
The Ontario Trucking Association
Woman, 49, killed in two- you a little bit." blowing up, the diesel," he said. "The said last week that the industry is
heat must have been incredible."
Officials said the fatal accident came
Police said all lanes of the highway
vehicle crash near York on the heels of another more minor are closed between Country Road 88 committed to road safety, noting that
there has been a 66 per cent decrease in
multi-vehicle collision on the highway.
Kevin Gallant, fire chief for the and Highway 89 and are expected to the fatality rate from large truck
University neighbouring town of Bradford-West remain closed all day Wednesday. collisions between 1995 and 2014
Gwillimbury, said the three-vehicle The cause of the collision is still despite a 75 per cent rise in large truck
SAO NEWS crash around 10:30 p.m. took place only under investigation, but Schmidt said vehicle registrations.
TORONTO
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