Watch a snowplow hit a parked car on a Toronto street
City officials say the snowplow company will cover the cost of repair
You may have heard that a record-breaking volume of snow landed on Toronto earlier this week, making for a majestic cityscape but a lot of inconvenience.
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We know what it’s like for the streets to not be plowed, so this is not a complaint. We are simply passing along some video footage that aired on CP24 this morning, showing a snowplow hitting a parked car in the Bedford Park area.
In the video, which you can watch here, a plow can be seen driving into the side of a vehicle that was parked overnight in front of a residence. The accident caused extensive damage to the car, with its rear passenger door completely torn off and the windows shattered.
City officials told CP24 that the snowplow company will cover the cost of repair, but reminded residents to avoid street parking if they can, in order to let snowplows clear the roads.
And if you park downtown, let us remind you that Mayor Olivia Chow has implemented a steep fine for cars parked on a designated snow route.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
