Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, amid the post-superstorm drizzle, a man in his 30s was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Gerrard St. E. and Sherbourne St. The collision broke the man’s leg, and left his mangled wheelchair sprawled on the road.

It was the first of nine incidents over the next 24 hours in which 11 pedestrians were struck by vehicles. The spate of accidents across the GTA left two people dead and nine injured, including two children under 10. Three of the collisions were hit and runs.

“You look at the amount of pedestrians that were hit today — it’s a concern for us,” said Toronto police spokesman Const. Tony Vella Thursday afternoon. “We urge people to follow the rules of the road . . . Look before crossing. Don’t take any chances.”

The series of collisions bumped the number of pedestrians killed on Toronto streets this year to 19, surpassing the total of 18 killed in 2011 with two months left in the year, said Const. Clint Stibbe of Toronto police Traffic Services.

Early Thursday, a 30-year-old York Region man was killed in a bizarre string of events that led to the involvement of the province’s Special Investigations Unit in Richmond Hill.

York Regional Police responded to a call from the driver of a black Honda that struck a man lying on a dark stretch of Yonge St. between Stouffville and King Rds. Police said the man was hit by at least one other vehicle before the call was placed.

Responding to the call, a police cruiser also hit the man, hence requiring the involvement of the SIU, which investigates any serious incidents that involve police.

“The man was struck, and then later struck again, and then the cruiser came into contact with this male,” said the SIU’s Jon Ansell.

York police believe the man was first hit by a silver R-class Mercedes SUV in an apparent hit and run. Const. Andy Pattenden said it would have “obvious damage to the front end.”

Then, just before 7 a.m., Neiky Pardo, 33, was killed in a two-car collision outside her home on Lawrence Ave. W., near Dufferin St. It is believed she was darting across the street to catch a bus when she was hit by a westbound Nissan, and then by an eastbound Volvo. The married mother from Cuba died at the scene.

Stibbe couldn’t confirm reports that motorists drove around her body without stopping to help.

By 8:30 a.m., four more people were hit by vehicles in separate incidents across the city. At least two were sent to hospital with serious injuries.

At 3:43 p.m., two cars collided at Bathurst St. and St. Clair Ave.

“One of the cars hit a woman and her two children, both under the age of 10,” said Const. Vella. “They have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.”

A woman walking on Broomlands Dr. and Whitefaulds Rd. in Vaughan was also injured in a hit-and-run collision at around 6:30 p.m.

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Despite the smattering of incidents, Stibbe said nothing is out of the norm for Toronto at this time of year.

Weather conditions have more to do with pedestrian deaths than early-morning darkness prior to Sunday’s time change, he said.