VIDEO: Investigation continues into Toronto scaffolding collapse that injured seven
Posted Apr 19, 2016 09:13:36 AM.
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The Ministry of Labour is investigating after scaffolding came tumbling down onto the streets of Forest Hill on Monday, sending seven people including a baby to hospital – all of whom narrowly averted serious injuries.
The collapse happened at the future site of Forest Hill station, at Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue, on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT around 2:30 p.m. Monday. The building, which houses a Chinese restaurant, was being demolished to make way for the public transit stop.
“Demolition work has been underway today to construct the station,” John Jenson, chief capital officer of Metrolinx, said on Monday. “Going forward, our primary focus is on the well being of the injured and our hearts and thoughts are out for them.”
A mother was pushing her baby in a stroller when debris started raining down on them.
“Some of the material fell on the stroller,” Toronto police Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook said, adding the baby carriage likely saved the infant’s life. “Fortunately the baby was not injured seriously.”
None of the injuries are life-threatening, but some suffered broken bones.
On Tuesday, Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikens told CityNews that construction is continuing for the Crosstown project except at Bathurst and Eglinton. Crosslinks, the company that is doing the work, had temporarily halted demolition at three sites on Monday as a precaution. Aikens believes the demolition will resume on Tuesday.
There has been no word on what caused the collapse.
