[URBAN NOTE] "Water taxi driver charged after boat hits father and son in kayak"
Evelyn Kwong's Toronto Star article tells a worrisome tale.
It only took a second for Ben Leow to realize that he and his 8-year-old son were about to be mowed over by a water taxi on the Toronto harbour.
On July 19, Leow and his son Aidan had planned to enjoy their first kayak voyage on the Lake. The two paddled off just east of the Billy Bishop Airport near the buoys and were watching the planes take off when, Leow said, a boat came straight at them.
At around 12:30 p.m., a water taxi was travelling through Toronto’s Inner Harbour when it struck the kayak carrying the father and the son, said Const. Craig Brister, spokesperson for Toronto Police.
Luckily, the two got away with minor injuries - a few cuts and bruises - but are still confused as to how the boat, hit them in broad daylight.
“I have a flashback of the boat coming at my head. I had a second to turn around and I just saw the sun being enveloped and we were in darkness,” Leow said.
It only took a second for Ben Leow to realize that he and his 8-year-old son were about to be mowed over by a water taxi on the Toronto harbour.
On July 19, Leow and his son Aidan had planned to enjoy their first kayak voyage on the Lake. The two paddled off just east of the Billy Bishop Airport near the buoys and were watching the planes take off when, Leow said, a boat came straight at them.
At around 12:30 p.m., a water taxi was travelling through Toronto’s Inner Harbour when it struck the kayak carrying the father and the son, said Const. Craig Brister, spokesperson for Toronto Police.
Luckily, the two got away with minor injuries - a few cuts and bruises - but are still confused as to how the boat, hit them in broad daylight.
“I have a flashback of the boat coming at my head. I had a second to turn around and I just saw the sun being enveloped and we were in darkness,” Leow said.