Cyclist killed in collision with City vehicle

    TORONTO, June 8 /CNW/ - A City of Toronto Transportation Services vehicle
was involved in a fatal collision with a cyclist this morning on Bayview Ave.
at approximately 8:15 a.m.
    The Transportation vehicle, a small dump truck pulling a trailer, was
traveling southbound on Bayview Ave., south of Highway 401, when a collision
occurred between a cyclist and the vehicle at the intersection of Bayview Ave.
and Fifeshire Rd./Truman Rd.
    "We are cooperating fully with the police in their investigation of this
very serious and tragic matter," said Gary Welsh, General Manager,
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