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A woman pushed to the rails hit by a TTC train: Cops


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A woman was rushed to hospital after an accident at Bloor-Yonge metro station, with early reports suggesting she was hit by a TTC train after being pushed off the rails.

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Toronto police responded to Bloor St. E. and Yonge St. at 9:09 p.m. for signals that a woman had been pushed to the rails and hit by a train.

POLICE INVESTIGATION: Bloor St East + Yonge St 21:09 – Yonge Subway Stn – Reports that a woman was pushed to the rails, hit by a train – Several ambulances are o / s Suspect: woman, white, pink / gray hat , black puffy jkt, gray hoodie, black pants, red bag # GO716967 ^ lb

– Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) April 18, 2022

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The woman was rushed to hospital and police are looking for a suspect who was last seen heading west on Bloor St.

Police later said the woman’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.

The suspect is described as a white woman wearing a pink / gray hat, a black fluffy jacket, a gray hood, black pants and a red bag.

The TTC said around 9:30 p.m., trains do not stop at Bloor-Yonge, “while we respond to a rail injury.” There was also a service interruption between St. George and Broadview, announced about 10 minutes earlier due to “injury to the runways.”

Line 1 Yonge-University: Trains do not stop at Bloor-Yonge while we respond to rail damage.

– TTC service alerts (@TTCnotices) April 18, 2022