Woman critically injured by fallen branch in midtown Toronto: police

A woman in her 30s has critical injuries after being struck by a branch that fell on the street in midtown Toronto late Tuesday afternoon, police say.

A woman in her 30s has critical injuries after being struck by a branch that fell on the street in midtown Toronto late Tuesday afternoon, say police.

The incident happened in the Casa Loma neighbourhood on St. Clair Avenue West, just west of Avenue Road.

Toronto police say they were called to that area at 3:22 p.m. for reports of a woman and a child that were hit by a large tree branch.

They later said that the child, whom they identified as a 10-year-old girl, was not hurt.

Paramedics told CTV News Toronto they transported an adult female to a local trauma centre with serious, possibly life-threatening, injuries.

They added that there is “no indication of any other patients” at this time.

Early reports from police are that high winds caused the branch to break.

The roads reopened shortly after 7 p.m.