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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/730078--pedestrian-killed-while-wearing-earphones
Just seconds before a 48-year-old Toronto woman was struck and killed by a truck this morning, police say a bystander had tried to warn her of oncoming traffic.
Police did not release the victim's name, but the woman's employers have identified her as Yuet Ming Lau of North York.
Lau worked on the packing line at Tradition Fine Foods on Warden Ave., just steps from where she was hit. She was on her way to work at about 6 a.m. when she was hit by a truck on Warden Ave. near Cataraqui Cres. in Scarborough.
According to police, she had stepped off the southbound Warden bus moments earlier and was not at a crosswalk when she was hit.
A witness at the bus stop yelled out to warn Lau about the oncoming truck, police said, but she was wearing ear buds and didn't appear to hear him.
She was struck seconds later, and pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived.
Tradition Fine Foods president Peter Glowczemwski said at least one of the woman's co-workers witnessed the incident.
"We are most upset by this," he said. "One of our employees has seen everything and is not working right now."
Lau had been working at Traditions for just a few months after being placed there by Linix Solutions, an employment agency.
Salina Jiang, who works at Linix, said Lau had worked for the agency since 2007. Lau spoke Cantonese, Jiang said, and had a daughter in her 20s. She was unaware of whether Lau had any other family in the city.
The 50-year-old male driver was also treated by paramedics as he suffered from chest pains after the collision, Const. Hugh Smith said.
Smith said a combination of weather, lighting conditions and Lau's distraction from the ear buds likely contributed to the accident.
"It was a slightly foggy morning, it was dark, the roads were wet, she was also wearing darker clothing, and the ear buds," Smith said. "You want all of your senses aware in the morning traffic."
