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NFT: 9 dead; 16 injured in van attack in Toronto

Les in TO : 4/23/2018 6:12 pm
he drove for about a mile on a sidewalk hitting pedestrians. not very far from where I grew up and where my folks and family and friends still live. suspect arrested. Hope Jay, any other BBIers in the city and their friends and family are safe and sound
a mile?  
SHO'NUFF : 4/23/2018 6:13 pm : link
jesus...
the murderer identified  
madgiantscow009 : 4/23/2018 6:29 pm : link
but I am starting to agree with not identifying them by name. Video of the arrest looks like a suicide by cop attempt, pointing his cell phone at them like a gun.
Thanks for the concern  
Jay in Toronto : 4/23/2018 6:32 pm : link
A friend just emailed me to ask if I'm ok.

I didn't even know.

But a friend's colleague is one of the victims and my friend was there in the building.

I used to live near the area.
Vans are extremely dangerous  
Daniel in Kentucky : 4/23/2018 7:26 pm : link
More than other cars.
They have a tremendous amount of mass and force.

Maybe pursue some concrete pylons to regulate vans doing this in the future.

Very very sad situation.
I have good friends in Toronto  
Daniel in Kentucky : 4/23/2018 7:27 pm : link
Scary
RE: Vans are extremely dangerous  
mfsd : 4/23/2018 7:29 pm : link
In comment 13927108 Daniel in Kentucky said:
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More than other cars.
They have a tremendous amount of mass and force.

Maybe pursue some concrete pylons to regulate vans doing this in the future.

Very very sad situation.


They’re putting concrete pylons in already in major pedestrian areas in places like NY an Vegas

And agreed, sad and scary we live in a world where that’s necessary
RE: RE: Vans are extremely dangerous  
Les in TO : 4/23/2018 8:09 pm : link
In comment 13927113 mfsd said:
Quote:
In comment 13927108 Daniel in Kentucky said:


Quote:


More than other cars.
They have a tremendous amount of mass and force.

Maybe pursue some concrete pylons to regulate vans doing this in the future.

Very very sad situation.



They’re putting concrete pylons in already in major pedestrian areas in places like NY an Vegas

And agreed, sad and scary we live in a world where that’s necessary
+ the UK, France, Germany and Spain where similar terror attacks have occurred involving vehicles as weapons.
They are not ruling out  
Earl the goat : 4/23/2018 8:48 pm : link
A terrorist attack Just reported
Vans are dangerous  
Tim in VA : 4/23/2018 9:19 pm : link
Guns are dangerous, knives are dangerous. Jimminy Christmas!
RE: RE: Vans are extremely dangerous  
njm : 4/24/2018 8:20 am : link
In comment 13927113 mfsd said:
Quote:
In comment 13927108 Daniel in Kentucky said:


Quote:


More than other cars.
They have a tremendous amount of mass and force.

Maybe pursue some concrete pylons to regulate vans doing this in the future.

Very very sad situation.



They’re putting concrete pylons in already in major pedestrian areas in places like NY an Vegas

And agreed, sad and scary we live in a world where that’s necessary


Sad but necessary. But now we're going to see a rash of minor injuries from people walking into the pylons while staring down at their i-phones.
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