Working in the news industry, I’ve been presented with a constant stream of spot news among my general assignments. Here’s a small sampling, a tiny portion, a mere blip of some of the spot news stories that I’ve been a witness to.
Warning: Some images my be graphic
Toronto Police investigate after a male in his 20's was stabbed to death at Thornton & Nairn Ave
An ETF officer chats with an 11 Division sergeant in Toronto near a perimeter point at Keele St & Glenlake Ave.
K9 and several other ETF officers on the opposite side of the street follow a track looking for suspects in a shooting that occurred just minutes earlier.
The ETF team & tactical medics were already nearby due to an earlier shooting, followed by two separate stabbings all within the hour.
Toronto Fire ladders create a makeshift pen after a truck carrying hundreds of pigs overturns on a freeway ramp during the early morning hours of October 4th, 2010.
Needless to say, the morning rush was a nightmare for commuters and many pigs were not lucky enough to escape injury.
*OPP received the initial rollover call at 4:30AM as HWY 410/401 which was incorrectly updated as 427/401 and again this was later finally corrected to HWY 427 SB EXP to Gardiner/QEW EB EXP after MTO/COMPASS/RESCUE cameras verified the location.
A man is dead is after his bike struck a pole on Queen St just west of Airport Rd in Brampton.
Police look for identification in the victims backpack.
Now this is one of the better watermain breaks I've seen in Toronto
The windshield of a vehicle is caved in after striking a pedestrian at high speed
The shoes from a hit and run are all that remain of the crime scene
Peel Police vehicles are scattered across Melanie Dr after a gunman opened fire in a Gentleman's Club striking three people.
Toronto maintenance crews work to turn off a valve along King St to stop a broken watermain from leaking.
This tractor-trailer flipper in the 409 westbound lanes near Kipling snarling traffic overnight
