'Horrific': Four people dead after Tesla slams into pillar and catches fire on Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto
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Four people are dead and another is in hospital after a Tesla driving through downtown Toronto at a high rate of speed crashed into a guardrail and struck a concrete pillar on Lake Shore Boulevard.
Four people are dead and another is in hospital after a Tesla driving through downtown Toronto at a high rate of speed crashed into a guardrail and struck a concrete pillar on Lake Shore Boulevard.
It happened in the eastbound lanes of the busy road, east of Cherry Street, shortly before 12:15 a.m.
"The vehicle lost control, struck a guardrail and then struck a concrete pillar. Upon impact, the vehicle then caught fire," Duty Inspector Phillip Sinclair told reporters Thursday morning.
He confirmed that three men and a woman – all believed to be in their 20s and 30s – were pronounced dead at the scene.
Another driver who was in the area at the time of the crash stopped and managed to pull one woman in her 20s from the burning car.
She was transported to hospital with serious injuries, Toronto Paramedic Services said. However she is expected to survive
