Within a four-hour period, one cyclist was killed and three others injured after being struck by vehicles in separate incidents in the GTA on Monday. A male cyclist was killed in an afternoon collision on Hwy. 404, near Davis Dr. in Newmarket. “I don’t have any more details about the collision, except that I can tell you that the bicyclist is dead,” OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said.Two female and one male cyclist were also injured in traffic incidents in Toronto.Around 10 a.m., police responded to a collision involving a cyclist and a truck in the area of Keele St. and Steeles Ave. They found the victim, an 18-year-old woman, and rushed her to hospital with life-threatening injuries.The driver of the truck remained on the scene after the incident.In the downtown core, a female cyclist was taken to hospital after she was hit by a bus shortly after noon. Police responded to a collision at Bay and Wellington Sts. and found the victim with non-life-threatening injuries.Police say initial reports indicated she was underneath the bus. Photos from the scene show a badly damaged bicycle next to a white bus. Police, paramedics and Toronto Fire are at the scene.Shortly before 2 p.m., paramedics were called to a collision at Midland and Steeles Aves. and found the victim, a male cyclist in his 60s, laying on the ground. He was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.In 2016, Toronto city council approved a road safety plan called Vision Zero, with the stated aim to completely eliminate traffic deaths.As the Star reported in May, the rate of cyclist and pedestrian deaths hasn’t declined since the plan was announced.Four cyclists and 26 pedestrians have been killed on Toronto streets so far this year, according to figures compiled by the Star.The combined total of 30 cyclist and pedestrian deaths this year is the highest by this date in any year since 2007.Both 2015 and 2016 saw 29 pedestrian and cyclist deaths as of Sept. 17. The Star’s traffic fat ...
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