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USA August 2, 2026

Fatal Truck Collision Claims Life at Veld Music Festival; Two Men

Fatal Truck Collision Claims Life at Veld Music Festival; Two Men

A 29-year-old man has died in a hospital after being run over by a pickup truck on Friday at the Veld Music Festival at Downsview Park.

Toronto police reported that the victim had succumbed to his injuries, and traffic services are investigating the incident as a private property fatal collision.

The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Friday in the Sheppard Ave. W.-Tuscan Gate area of North York, where the victim was lying on the grass in the parking lot before a pickup truck struck him.

A Toronto Police cruiser.

He was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, and a 57-year-old driver of a 2024 black Dodge Ram remained at the scene.

Police are asking local residents, businesses, and drivers with security or dashcam footage of the area or incident to contact investigators at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com.

Toronto police have charged two men accused of sexually assaulting two women last month at a house in the Annex.

The victims met the accused on July 2 at approximately 4 a.m. in the King St. W.-Portland St. area of the downtown core and were convinced to go to a house in the Annex area.

They were then sexually assaulted, and Kiya Sayeed, 23, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with assault/choking, sexual assault as a party to an offence with any other person, and two counts each of secretly observe/record a person for a sexual purpose and sexual assault.

Farid Mir, 24, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with secretly observe/record a person for a sexual purpose, sexual assault, and sexual assault as a party to an offence with any other person.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com.

Two Torontonians have died after a boat crash in Muskoka, and Hamilton police are searching for a suspect in a homicide investigation.

A man allegedly tossed rocks through an East York church window three times, and police are investigating the incidents.

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