Public Safety Alert, Post-flooding safety

Toronto Police Service News Release

Public Safety Alert, Post-flooding safety

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:50 AM
Corporate Communications:  416-808-7100

The Toronto Police Service would like to thank the public for their assistance and patience during the recent flooding incidents throughout the city as a result of the heavy rainfall on Monday, July 8, 2013.

With the assistance of all emergency services and GO Transit, stranded passengers on board a northbound GO train in the Bayview Avenue/Pottery Road area were safely removed and taken to a place of safety.

The TPS would like to continue to remind the public to:

1. Avoid driving on roadways with standing water
2. Treat intersections without working signals as all-way-stops
3. Do not touch or handle any wires that may have come down during the storm
4. To contact police for non-emergency incidents call 416-808-2222, keeping 9-1-1 for emergencies
5. Stay clear of riverbanks as the walls will be very soft and unstable
6. Water levels will have risen and water will be fast-moving and dangerous
7. Keep a close eye on children and pets near rivers/streams/lakes

At this time, the DVP remains closed in both directions from the Gardiner Expressway to Bayview Avenue.

Constable Wendy Drummond, Corporate Communications