W. K. Lis
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Update from July 19th incident. Took them long enough...
Published: Friday, August 4, 2023, 6:46 PM
The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of an arrest made in a Personal Injury Collision investigation.
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at approximately 8:23 a.m., police responded to a call for Personal Injury Collision in the Yonge Street and Ranleigh Avenue area.
It is alleged that:
On August 4, 2023, Yurii Karpenko, 28, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:
- the cyclist was travelling northbound on Yonge Street, approaching Ranleigh Avenue
- the accused was operating a brown 2005 Buick 4-door sedan, also travelling northbound on Yonge Street approaching Ranleigh Avenue
- the cyclist and the accused stopped at a red light at Yonge Street and Ranleigh Avenue
- the cyclist and accused got into an argument
- the traffic light turned green to proceed northbound on Yonge Street
- the cyclist proceeded through the intersection, when the accused accelerated and struck the cyclist
- the cyclist fell off his bicycle
- the accused pulled over to the side of the road and waited for police to attend
- the cyclist was transported to hospital with minor injuries
He is scheduled to appear in court at the Ontario Court of Justice, 10 Armoury Street, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 2:30 p.m., in room 204.
- Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance - Causing Bodily Harm
The project is identified. I know, reading these can be a pain:
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I will have to check w/staff to see how many raised bike lanes at bus stops this buys.
Looks like an improvement
But I'd like for the sidewalks to be widened on Portland as part of this - they are pretty narrow as is and are often crowded, especially in the evenings, and many people just end up walking on the road
Really no need for street-parking on Portland at all either - just convert that space to wider sidewalks / patios / etc.