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Police arrest driver who allegedly struck 5 on Toronto university walkway

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Last updated: 2025/05/09 at 8:58 PM
Press Room Published May 9, 2025
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Police have arrested a driver who allegedly struck five people on a walkway at Toronto Metropolitan University in April.

The incident happened on April 15, at about 2 p.m., on Nelson Mandela Walk, a pedestrian pathway on the TMU campus near Yonge and Gerrard streets. 

Toronto police said the victims were sitting on a bench, when 23-year-old Ryan Petroff drove his car toward them. Police initially said there were four victims, but said on Friday that a fifth was identified in the days after the incident. 

None of the victims had life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police at the time said that Petroff may have acted intentionally and believed one of the people on the walkway was known to him.

Police did not comment on the possible motivation or relationship between the two.

Toronto police said in a news release on Friday that Petroff was arrested following a road rage incident in the Morningside Avenue and Highway 401 area on Thursday. 

He was arrested on 24 charges, including attempted murder, sexual assault with a weapon, two counts of assault causing bodily harm, three counts of assault with a weapon and four counts of failure to comply with probation.

Toronto police told CBC on Friday that 13 of those charges are in relation to the TMU incident.

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