At least 12 injured after Toronto Island ferry crashes into terminal dock, Aug. 20 2022

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''At least a dozen people have been injured after one of the Toronto Island ferries crashed while pulling into the dock at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal.

Toronto Fire officials say the crash occurred just after 5 p.m. Saturday.

A number of ambulances were dispatched to the ferry docks due to treat the large number of people, said to have been standing and injured when the crash occurred, according to fire officials.

Police say no one has fallen into the water.

Paramedics tell CityNews they are treating at least 12 patients for minor injuries, some of whom have been transported to nearby hospitals.''

 

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Aug 22 2022

Passengers fell like ‘deck of cards’ as Toronto ferry hit dock, man recalls

TORONTO - A man who was on board a Toronto ferry that crashed on the weekend says passengers standing on the stairs waiting to disembark fell like a “...

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''TORONTO - A man who was on board a Toronto ferry that crashed on the weekend says passengers standing on the stairs waiting to disembark fell like a “deck of cards” when the vessel hit the dock.

Mandeep Mashiana, who was standing nearby on the ferry, said the impact was enough to knock everyone off the stairs.

“Everyone who was standing on the stairs or over ahead of me were all on the floor,” Mashiana, 35, recalled Monday.

“The force was that big that all the people from the stairs fell like deck of cards... all of them were gone. They were downstairs.”

The City of Toronto’s parks department said ferry service to Toronto Island will be reduced for the rest of the summer as a result of the crash.

The city said one ferry has been taken out of service and other vessels will be operating at reduced capacity going forward.

“Until further notice, there will be only three ferries operating between Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Toronto Island — two passenger-only vessels and one vehicle/passenger vessel,” the city said in a statement. “Unnecessary vehicular passage is discouraged.”