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Cyclist's leg severed in hit-run

Nov 14, 2008 06:37 AM

ADRIAN MORROW
Staff Reporter

A cyclist is in hospital after his leg was almost severed by a car police say might have been a taxi early this morning.

Police were called to Dovercourt Rd., in the Queen St. W. and Ossington Ave. area, around 2:30 a.m. where they found a man bleeding heavily from his right leg, said Staff Sgt. Vince Tso.

The victim was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital in serious condition. Doctors were working to re-attach the leg.
"He’s in surgery right now. He received massive trauma to his right leg, as well as injuries to his pelvis," said Sgt. Tim Burrows.

Police are searching for a Beck taxi.

In another incident, the driver of a Beck cab reported being assaulted by a cyclist. Police are investigating both incidents, but don’t know yet if the two are linked.

Anyone with information on the incident can contact police at 416-808-1900, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

Police Interviewing Cabbie Following Bizarre Incident West Of Downtown

Friday November 14, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff

Was it a hit-and-run? An attempted robbery?

Police are still trying to iron out the details of a bizarre incident early Friday morning. A cyclist was taken to hospital after his leg was reportedly severed in a collision with a cab near the intersection of Dovercourt Rd. and Dundas St. It's believed the cab backed into the man, hit a pole, and took off at about 2:30am.

However the cabbie apparently contacted police to tell them that the cyclist had tried to rob him, and that he fled in fear. The injured man was taken to hospital where doctors worked to reattach his leg.
Investigators are looking into the circumstances, whether to lay charges, and if they do who they'd lay them against.

Witnesses apparently heard two men yelling around the time of the incident. Anyone with information in the case can contact police at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

wow. that's crazy! how do you sever someone's leg by running them over? streetcar track? so, do you think some desperate jerk tried to rob the cabbie and got run over for his efforts or did a careless cabbie run a poor cyclist over and is trying to cover his butt with his defense explanation?

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i've had the whole week off(not that I wanted it off, freelance isn't fun sometimes) so I ran out of tasks like, 2 days ago. i'll go pick it up! gimme a mission! please! yesterday i achieved a 5 star review on every song on medium in guitar hero: world tour. i'm bored. c'mon!

If you pinned his leg up against the pole the cabbie backed into, that outta do it. The pole has a small enough surface area to act almost like a blade with so much weight (car) behind the impact. (Especially if it's one of those metal ones for street signs, more so if it's one of those square ones. Craziest thing I've heard of in a while. I'll be staying tuned to this one.

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Yeah, that was my thinking too. That sucks.

I got cut off very badly yesterday by a Beck taxi near the Mental Health Centre and I was pissed-off and still thinking about it when another Beck taxi cut into my lane at Spadina. Pure coincidence of course but still, what jerks.

I suppose it is part of my anti-taxi agenda that I am thinking the cabbie called 911 to make up a story about getting robbed in order to cover his ass but we will see what happens.

i'm surprised the title of that isn't "cab driver survives vicious robbery attempt by cyclist"

2:30 am in front of the drake is one of the best spots I can think of to get into problems with a taxi in Toronto.

i'd say next to king street between bay and york at rush hour the drake after last call is the worst cab zone in the city. u-turn central.

+1 That whole stretch to Gladstone can be insanely tricky. Mod club on College has been my second trickiest spot, barring Union (on Front) at rush hour.

I see them as a mixture of jerks, goons and sharks. The sharks are the really hungry ones in a game of survival of the fittest. When the city bumped the number of licences to 5000 or whatnot, things must have got that much harder for them. So yeah, yesterday in the rain I was forced out of a bike line and into the curb by #323 Diamond, got a flat and a pinched rim out of that. All I can say is, heck no I won't be calling 911 if I ever see one of those little trunk lights flashing.

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So dude ended up losing his leg but he's expected to live at least. Police still haven't been able to interview him because of his condition.

Here's hoping he'll pull through. Total madness

I've been trying to stay neutral on this one until all the facts come out but this is just too much:

http://www.citynews.ca/images/2008-1...8-bikecab1.jpg

So not only was the guy a mugger who planned to escape by bike but the bike in question is also a road bike with SPDs and STI shifters? Not ****ing likely. This incident has really got to me. How many of us have yelled at some idiot on the street for doing something dangerous with several tons of steel? And then to have the guy hit you and something like that happen ... guh, it makes my skin crawl.