A car somehow crashed into the Toronto Eaton Centre
A driver took a slight detour directly into an exterior wall of the CF Toronto Eaton Centre this weekend, and let's just say it didn't work out.
A video was posted to multiple social media platforms on Monday, showing the aftermath of a crash into an area next to the mall's parking garage entrance at the intersection of Yonge and Shuter.
In the clip, a tow truck can be seen extracting a smashed-up black Honda CRV SUV, revealing a gaping hole in the mall exterior. No information is currently available on the condition of the driver.
There has been a range of reactions to the video, though unfortunately, practically every comment on the original Instagram post, and several more on the reposted X version, make prejudiced assumptions about the driver's nationality.
However, a few commenters took the high road and cracked jokes about the mall's lack of drive-thru businesses.
Still no drive through window there sir.
— 🇨🇦 Uncle Joe 🇨🇦🎥🐈⬛♎️ (@UncleJoeGTA) September 5, 2023
Another X user shifted the blame away from the driver and called out the design of the parking entrance and intersection it empties out into.
Wow that’s a horrible entrance, cars ignore the no left and no right turn and pedestrians don’t stop for the traffic coming along Shuter🚗🚗was the driver cut off?
— brian donaghy (@brian_donaghy) September 5, 2023
This marks just the latest incident of cars crashing into malls and retail plazas in Toronto and the surrounding region in 2023.
Back in February, a stolen car was driven through a Vaughan shopping centre in a smash-and-grab heist. Multiple cars plowed through businesses in August, including an incident where a driver barrelled into a Mississauga strip mall dollar store, destroying the retail storefront.
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