'Thrill seeker' charged after scaling Burlington Skyway bridge for YouTube video

CTV Toronto: 'Thrill seeker' charged for stunt A man who scaled the Burlington Skyway bridge to take a YouTube video has been charged for the stunt. Austin Delaney reports.

Police say a man has been charged after a video surfaced that appears to show someone walking on a high-level bridge on a major highway west of Toronto.

The video was posted online on Monday, and includes shots of a person apparently walking along the top of the Burlington Skyway bridge, which connects Hamilton and Burlington.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says the stunt was "irresponsible, dangerous and illegal".

He says the person in the video could have been killed if he had fallen or had been blown over by a gust of wind, adding that he could have crashed down onto a vehicle travelling below.

He says 21-year-old Connor Friday has been charged with trespassing and with walking on a highway.