明报/前安省司法厅长兼当了多市St. Paul选区省议员有10年，现任市府属下的Invest Toronto公司总裁的Michael Bryant，因涉嫌与1名单车客被1辆开篷车拖行后致死的事件有关，昨晚被警方扣查。
该宗事件发生于昨晚近10时，多市警方指1辆黑色绅宝(Saab)开篷车与一辆单车在市中心布鲁亚街夹卑街轻微碰撞，两人发生争执。
单车骑士抓住开篷车司机位那边车身不放手，开篷车司机大声喝骂，要单车骑士放手不果，遂加速及铲上对面行车线路壆，扫中路边小树及灯柱。
单车骑士被车拖行约100米后，最终撞到一个邮箱倒地，而开篷车则加速逃走，不过由于街上很多证人，警方很快就在两个街口以外的凯悦酒店找到开篷车，并拘捕了司机，而车内也有1名女乘客。
单车客头部严重受伤，送院后宣布不治。
警方现正查看该条街安装的保安摄影机影带，寻找破案线索。
与开篷车碰撞纠缠 单车客遭辗至垂危
明报/一名单车骑士昨晚9时许，在多伦多市中心与一辆开篷车发生轻微碰撞，单车骑士不忿，抓□开篷车不放，开篷车司机为了摆脱单车骑士，竟然铲上对面马路路壆，令单车骑士撞中一个邮箱倒地，并且被开篷车后轮辗过，生命垂危。
警方很快就在附近一间酒店找到涉案开篷车，并将司机拘捕。
黑色绅宝开篷车的车身有明显损毁。 (CTV电视画面)
该宗本来属于轻微的交通意外，发生于昨晚约9时45分。目击者表示，一辆黑色绅宝(Saab)开篷车与一辆单车在市中心布鲁亚街夹卑街轻微碰撞，双方发生争执，单车骑士不忿，抓住开篷车司机位那边车身不放，开篷车司机大声喝骂，要单车骑士放手不果，就加速开车以摆脱单车骑士。
由于事发地点是繁盛闹市，很多人见到这幕难以置信的情景。据目击者表示，由于单车骑士死抓□汽车不放，开篷车司机为了摆脱单车骑士，竟然将车开到布鲁亚街对面行车线及铲上路壆，扫过路边的小树及灯柱等。
开篷车开了约100米，将近到阿梵奴路(Avenue Rd.)时，单车骑士被拖□撞中路边邮箱而倒地，还被开篷车的后轮辗过而受重伤。
目击者说，开篷车司机位那边车身有明显损毁。但是开篷车司机并没有停车，反而加速开走。由于街上很多目击证人，警方很快就在附近阿梵奴路上的凯悦酒店(Hyatt Hotel)找到该车，并拘捕了司机。
单车骑士被送往圣米高医院急救，头部受重伤，有生命危险。
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Above photo – Michael Bryant has been questioned by police after a fatal crash in Yorkville (Photo courtesy of: CityNews)
Former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant in police custody after fatal crash
Carl Hanstke, Kevin Misener and 680News staff Toronto 2009-09-01 10:23
Toronto – The province’s former attorney general and economic development minister is being questioned in connection with a fatal crash that killed a cyclist in Yorkville, Monday night.
Police sources told 680News a Saab convertible was involved in an alleged altercation on Bloor Street near Avenue Road, and that the driver has been identified as 43-year-old Michael Bryant.
Witnesses told police the driver and the 33-year-old cyclist apparently got into an argument at Bay and Bloor streets at about 9:45 p.m., and then there was contact between the bicycle and the car.
Police said the cyclist grabbed onto the car and was then allegedly dragged about 150 metres west of Bloor Street — the cyclist was hanging onto the driver’s-side headrest.
The Saab then apparently went up onto the sidewalk. The cyclist then rammed into a fire hydrant.
The driver pulled into the Hyatt hotel and called police.
The cyclist was rushed to hospital with severe head injuries, but was later pronounced dead.
“Was there an object involved with the collision, was he run over by the car, did he just strike the roadway? All parts of the puzzle that we need answered,” Toronto police Traffic Services Sgt. Tim Burrows said.
Police sources told 680News Bryant is scheduled for a court appearance at Old City Hall at about 2 p.m.
Bloor Street is shut down between Bay Street and Avenue Road, and it’s expected to remain closed into the morning rush hour.
Bryant recently left provincial politics to work for a city agency. He is the chief executive officer with Invest Toronto, the newly formed City of Toronto agency designed to attract business to the city.
Prior to that, he was a rising star in the McGuinty government, serving as attorney general, and recently, the economic development minister during the auto restructuring talks at Chrysler and General Motors. He was also previously minister of aboriginal affairs.
He presided over the province’s ban on pitbulls and Ontario’s crackdown on street racing and drunk drivers.
Toronto Mayor David Miller, who is also the chair of Invest Toronto’s board of directors, released a statement Tuesday morning. “I want to express sincere condolences to the family and friends of the cyclist who died last night following an incident in the Yorkville area,” he said in the statement.
“As this is an active police investigation, I will not be making any further comment on this tragedy today.”
