Cyclist killed in midtown Toronto was student from India, family member says
CBC
A 20-year-old cyclist who was killed on Wednesday in midtown Toronto has been identified by a family member in India.
Kartik Saini, an international student, was hit and dragged by the driver of a white pickup truck at the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue at about 4:30 p.m.
Police have not yet identified the victim. But his cousin told CBC Toronto on Friday that Saini came to Canada in August 2021. Parveen Saini spoke from the city of Karnal in the northern Indian state of Haryana, where their family is from.
The family is hoping that Saini's body will be sent to India as soon as possible for proper burial, he said.
Sheridan College has confirmed that he was a student there.
"Our community is deeply saddened by the sudden death of Kartik. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, peers and professors," the college said in an email on Friday.
In a news release on Thursday, police said the driver of a Ford F-250 truck was heading west on St. Clair Avenue East and turned right to go north on Yonge. At the same time, the cyclist was crossing Yonge eastbound.
"The driver of the Ford pick-up struck the cyclist and continued northbound on Yonge Street with the bike and cyclist lodged underneath the vehicle," police said in the release.
Emergency services tried to free the cyclist and revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Right turns at that intersection are prohibited from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, but police have not yet said if the driver will be ticketed or charged.
Const. Laura Brabant, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, said there's still an active investigation into the collision.
"The determination on whether charges are laid or not takes time as the investigators have to conduct a full investigation first," Brabant said in an email on Friday.
"This takes time and is not a rushed process."
A makeshift memorial has been set up at the scene of the collision.
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