A cyclist, who in this instance happens to be a friend, was hit by a cab and knocked off his bike in Toronto on Friday night. If you were a witness or have any information about the incident, I urge you to contact the police or the cyclist (on Twitter: @theyshootactors). This is a very serious matter and seems to be increasingly commonplace on the streets of Toronto. A posting on Craigslist details the incident and provides a further way to contact the victim which I’m including here in it’s entirety.
From Craigslist:
You were in the back of a cab heading West on Dundas Street towards Ossington on Friday night, October 30th at about 1:45 AM. I was on my bike in the lane adjacent to your taxi. The driver got in a shouting match with me over how much room I was taking up on the street while he was straddling the line dividing our lanes. That cabbie decided to cut the argument short by steering the car into me, knocking me off my bike in traffic.
Two cyclists picked me and my bike up off the street and watched over me after I had blacked out. I am very grateful to them, but neither got an ID or description of the cab and neither did I.
While this occurred I saw a passenger in the back of the cab (female?) on the passenger side. I checked with police and no one called the accident in last night. I will be filing my own report and I urge the passenger to please do the same. I spent the night in the emergency room because I remembered very few details of my night when I regained consciousness. I’m sure my helmet saved me from very serious injury, but I am cut and bruised, and you don’t have to be a cyclist to realize the risk posed by a driver who deliberately uses his car as a weapon. If you see this, PLEASE contact the police about what you saw. Thanks.
Here’s hoping Aaron is alright and prosecution against the driver is forthcoming. So many sick people in the world.
