A 15-year-old boy who investigators consider was on his option to college has died after being struck by drivers in Vaughan Thursday morning, York Regional Police say.
Investigators say the incident occurred round 7:24 a.m., within the space of Weston Street and Villa Royale Avenue.
Police stated in a information launch it’s believed the sufferer was struck by not less than two autos. Const. Lisa Moskaluk instructed Ontario Chronicle in an interview that police consider he was on his option to college when he was hit within the busy roadway.
“It seems as if this youth was struck by a automobile, thrown a brief distance, after which struck by a second automobile,” she stated.
The boy was discovered mendacity within the roadway with “extreme accidents,’ Moskaluk stated. Officers initially stated the boy had life-threatening accidents, and was being rushed to a trauma hospital. The teenager was later pronounced lifeless on the hospital, police say.
The drivers remained on the scene and the boy’s subsequent of kin have been notified, in line with investigators.
Weston Street is closed from Maria Antonia Street to Davos Street and Ashberry Boulevard on account of the collisions, and Moskaluk stated drivers ought to anticipate closures by the day and presumably into the night rush hour.
She didn’t but have particulars of the circumstances main as much as the incident.
Anybody who was a witness or anybody with dashcam footage is being requested to contact police.
“We’re desperately interesting to witnesses or anybody … with dashcam footage to come back ahead and simply assist us fill in these questions that we’ve got,” Moskaluk stated.
In a put up on X, previously Twitter, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca referred to as the teenager’s loss of life a “devastating tragedy.”
“My heartfelt and deepest condolences to this younger man’s family members,” he stated.
