Nine people have been taken to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries, after a stolen BMW collided with a TTC bus in North York early Monday morning, Toronto police said.
The incident happened around 1:50 a.m. near Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue.
Two vehicles, a white BMW and a black SUV, were travelling at a very high rate of speed westbound on Wilson Ave., duty senior officer Brian Maslowski said on Monday morning.
As they approached the intersection at Bathurst Street, the black SUV made it through, but the BMW collided with the driver’s side of a TTC bus that was travelling southbound.
The BMW struck the bus so forcefully that the bus spun around to face northbound, Maslowski said.
Duty senior officer Brian Maslowski said a white BMW and a black SUV were travelling at a very high rate of speed before the collision happened. (Paul Smith/CBC)
Four people were in the BMW, including the two who sustained life-threatening injuries.
Six people were in the bus and were taken to hospital with minor injuries, Maslowski said.
One person, a female, was ejected from the bus, he said.
BMW was on fire when officers arrived: police
When officers arrived on scene, the BMW was on fire, Maslowksi said. They put out the fire and extricated two of the occupants. Toronto Fire extricated the other two occupants.
“Its a horrific scene, quite frankly,” he said.
Anyone who saw the BMW and black SUV travelling in the area at the time of the crash are asked to contact investigators.
Police do not know the make or model of the black SUV.
Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue will be closed for several hours as police investigate.
Bus routes in the area will be diverted, the TTC said in a post on X.
“Safety of our customers and employees is always our paramount concern and, as always, we are assisting [Toronto police] in their investigation,” officials said.