Boy suffers ‘catastrophic’ head injury climbing on moving Toronto subway train – Toronto | 24CA News
A boy has reportedly been rushed to hospital after he struck his head climbing on a shifting subway prepare in Toronto.
At round 6:15 p.m. on Monday, emergency companies have been referred to as to Toronto’s Warden subway station.
Toronto police mentioned they acquired experiences a boy had tried to climb onto a subway prepare whereas it was shifting. He struck his head and was rushed to hospital, in response to a tweet from Toronto police.
Speaking on the scene, Insp. Michael Hayles mentioned the damage was found as soon as an alarm was triggered on a westbound prepare after it stopped at Warden station.
He mentioned the 16-year-old boy, initially in life-threatening situation, had been upgraded to steady in hospital. The boy suffered a “catastrophic” head damage, he mentioned.
Eyewitnesses instructed police the boy was making an attempt to climb from the within of the prepare onto its roof because it arrived within the station. Hayles mentioned it was not clear how the boy made it onto the skin of the prepare, however police consider that’s the place he was when he was injured.
The damage was seemingly brought on by one thing within the tunnel, he mentioned. No different subway trains have been concerned.
Hayles mentioned the prepare was travelling at a “significant speed” when the boy was injured.
It is unclear why the boy was making an attempt to climb onto the roof of the prepare. Hayles mentioned police didn’t consider he was making an attempt to flee from a criminal offense, nor had an altercation been reported.
Subway trains on the TTC’s Bloor-Danforth line weren’t operating eastbound from Victoria Park, in response to police. Shuttle buses have been deployed to take passengers alongside the jap portion of the route.
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