Dump truck driver charged after collision in Thorncliffe kills city traffic agent - Toronto Star

The 33-year-old driver from Brampton was arrested and charged with carless driving causing death under the Highway Traffic Act on Friday, police said.

Toronto police are investigating after a city traffic agent was struck and killed by a dump truck driver in East York on Thursday morning.

Toronto police have charged a dump truck driver following a collision that killed a city traffic agent in Thorncliffe on Thursday morning.

The 33-year-old man from Brampton was arrested and charged with careless driving causing death under the Highway Traffic Act on Friday, police said in a press release.

The man is scheduled to appear in a Toronto courthouse on Jan. 28 next year, and an investigation is still ongoing. Residents, businesses and drivers with security or dash camera footage are asked to come forward.

A 42-year-old traffic agent was directing vehicles at a busy intersection near Ontario Line construction, when he was struck by a blue Kenworth dump truck driving southbound on Millwood Road and turning left onto Overlea Boulevard, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving efforts.

The driver remained at the scene and co-operated with police, investigators said, and the dump truck belongs to a private company.

The Millwood Rd. and Overlea Blvd. area where the 42-year-old man died is near multiple