Parents are shaken after a vehicle went through a fence on the property of a school about a few blocks east from Yonge St., close to where Monday afternoon’s van rampage occurred.

Police were called on Thursday around 2 p.m. to McKee Public School at Yonge St. and Church Ave. where the vehicle almost hit the portable on the west side of the school’s property.

“All students and staff were safe and accounted for inside the building,” said school principal Jeanette Lang in an email to parents that was sent to let them know what had happened.

The incident was alarming to parents, particularly in light of the van tragedy that occurred only a few blocks away on Monday, said parent Ali Youssefi. His son’s Grade 5 class is usually in the portable that was almost hit, though he said students were not there at the time of the collision.

“Everybody was kind of shaken up,” he said. “Imagine if they’d hit the portable.”

Toronto police Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook said police attended the scene and that the elderly female driver was “shaken” but not injured. Douglas-Cook said it no charges were laid.

Lang said that the Toronto District School Board assessed the damages to the fence. Repairs were completed later that day.

McKee, located in one of the most high-density areas of the city where schools can’t meet the demand for spaces, has four portables to cope with overflow. Local politicians and parents have been clamouring for solutions to the overcrowded schools and Youssefi, co-chair of McKee’s parent council, said the incident on Thursday is one more reason that children should not be in portable classrooms.

Correction - April 30, 2018: This article was edited from a previous version to remove a speculative statement from a Toronto Police officer.







