The Toronto Police is ready to celebrate an update on Wednesday on an outrage on a catwalk from the Metropolitan University of Toronto (TMU) that left four people injured.
Insp. Errol Watson will talk to journalists at 3 pm et. You can see live in this story.
On Tuesday, the police said the driver involved may have acted intentionally, although the investigators provided few additional details. Police have not announced any arrest in relation to the incident at this time.
The collision occurred in Nelson Mandela Walk, a pedestrian catwalk south of Gerrard Street that is between the campus library and an academic building. It happened just before 2 pm
The driver was in a dark green sedan with a shattered windshield, police said, with the torque 565 registration
Two people were taken to the hospital, although the four that were beaten are expected to survive. None were students or TMU staff, although the incident left many in the shaking campus.
The third year student of TMU Isaac Meng told journalists that he was studying in the library next to the catwalk around 1:50 pm, when he heard a strong and accelerated sound.
He said that one of his friends began to call him out loud: “A car crashed [into] people! A car accelerated [into] people!”
Meng said he hastened the window, but the car was already gone. He says he saw a man lying in the grass, apparently unconscious, while people tried to call him. At that moment, he and his friend called the police, he said.
“It was crazy,” Meng said, saying it was like a scene outside a movie.
Later, on Wednesday, Mayor Olivia Chow and several TMU officials discussed the incident while attending a gala event organized by the University.
TMU issued an online security alert at that time.
“Our thoughts are with those who have been injured and impacted by this incident,” TMU said in a statement.
