Six folks had been taken to the hospital, together with a feminine in vital situation, after a car went into the water at Ashbridges Bay on Sunday night time, say paramedics.
They mentioned that the 5 different sufferers are in critical, however non-life-threatening, situation.
Ambulance jan. 19 rescue Ashbridges Bay A affected person is loaded into an ambulance following a Jan. 19 rescue at Ashbridges Bay. (Jacob Estrin/ Ontario Chronicle Toronto)
Toronto police mentioned they had been known as to Ashbridges Bay Park Street, which is south of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Decrease Coxwell Avenue, at 9:30 p.m for experiences of a car submerged within the water.
They mentioned that two folks had been within the car, considered one of whom bought out, whereas the opposite remained inside.
A short while later, police mentioned that the second individual was faraway from the car and was taken by paramedics to the hospital by way of emergency run. The opposite individual was additionally transported to the hospital, they mentioned.
Toronto fireplace later instructed Ontario Chronicle Toronto that they had been dispatched to that space at 9:30 p.m. and upon arrival discovered one individual on the roof of a car within the water.
That particular person notified first responders that there was another person trapped contained in the car that wanted to be rescued, they mentioned. Firefighters eliminated that individual from the car and transferred them into the care of EMS.
The investigation is ongoing.
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