A Toronto firefighter is facing charges after an 11-year-old girl was struck by the truck he was driving back in December.
The driver was responding to a call, with lights and sirens activated, when the girl was struck in a crosswalk on Oakwood, south of St. Clair.
The girl suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital.
The driver of the truck was a 22-year veteran of Toronto Fire, and remains on active duty.
He's facing charges of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and pass a stopped vehicle at a crossover.
It turns out, having the lights and sirens activated, is not a free pass for firetrucks.
"There are two exemptions for emergency service vehicles, they apply to speeding and to proceeding through a red light. There is actually no exemption for pedestrian crossovers," says Meaghan Gray from Toronto Police. "We're alleging the firetruck failed to stop at the pedestrian crossover."