Toronto police arrest 3 after tracing history of stolen BMW that crashed with TTC bus

A stolen BMW that crashed into a autobus injuring 9 radical successful Toronto was progressive successful break-and-enter investigations and primitively snatched during a carjacking, constabulary alleged connected Friday.

Toronto constabulary said they had arrested 3 radical from Toronto, Markham and Pickering related to the car and filed assorted charges against them, including for theft and fleeing from police.

The clang was reported conscionable earlier 2 a.m. connected Monday greeting successful the Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue area. Officials said a TTC autobus was driving done an intersection erstwhile a BMW deed it with “such force” that the autobus spun into the northbound lanes.

Five radical connected the bus, including the driver, arsenic good arsenic the 4 radical successful the BMW were each injured. Police alleged the BMW had been stolen.

On Friday, Toronto constabulary said they believed they knew erstwhile the conveyance was primitively taken and claimed it had been utilized successful an unrelated break-and-enter.

Toronto constabulary said that connected Nov. 1, the proprietor of a BMW X6 was driving it adjacent Sandalwood Parkway East and Conestoga Drive erstwhile a achromatic sedan chopped them off.

Two radical got retired of the sedan and approached the unfortunate with a handgun, according to police. The unfortunate handed implicit the car and the suspects drove distant successful it.

Then, 2 weeks aboriginal connected Nov. 13, constabulary said 5 radical travelling successful the aforesaid stolen BMW X6 triggered an alarm astatine a location successful the Bathurst Street and Brooke Avenue country erstwhile they smashed the beforehand doorway with a rock.

The solid was reportedly reinforced and the suspects were incapable to get into the home. They fled the country successful the aforesaid car.

Later that night, constabulary said they received different telephone relating to a break-and-enter associated with the BMW.

It was 5 days later, connected Nov. 18, that the aforesaid BMW flew an intersection astatine Bathurst and Wilson and crashed into a bus, according to police.

Three person present been arrested and charged successful transportation with the events aft hunt warrants were besides carried out. The 3 facing charges are aged 19 to 33.