Pickup truck hits pedestrian, goes through fence, ends up in backyard pool in Whitby: police

A man was seriously injured after he was struck by a pickup truck that went off the roadway, crashed through a fence and ended up in a backyard pool in Whitby, police say.

Officers with Durham Regional Police Service were called to the area of Rossland Road East and Fencerow Drive just before 1 p.m. on Friday.

According to police, the vehicle went off the roadway and hit the pedestrian, then went through a fence, before coming to a stop in the pool.

Police said the pedestrian was transported a trauma centre in Toronto with life-threatening injuries. His condition was later stabilized in hospital.

“I was in a room in my house on the second story that was facing the backyard and all I heard was what I thought was an explosion. I didn’t know what it was, I thought it could have been a small plane crash,” homeowner Karen Fedyk tells CityNews. “I looked out and I saw this half-tonne truck in my pool.”

Police say the driver, an adult male, was located in the vehicle in the pool and treated for minor injuries at the scene by paramedics.