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Week by week, day by day, the pedestrian death toll in Montreal inches up, shattering records as 2019 creeps toward its close.

The body count now stands at an astounding 22, after two more pedestrians succumbed to their injuries. They are: a 93-year-old man hit on Parc Ave. at Prince-Arthur St. in Plateau-Mont-Royal on Nov. 27; and a 91-year-old man struck by a vehicle at St-Vital Blvd. and Sabrevois St. in Montreal North on Nov. 19.

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The only bright spot is that a 3-year-old boy’s condition is improving after he was hit Friday by a skidding SUV when he fell from his stroller as his father tried to steer him out of its path on St-Joseph Blvd. at Hutchison St.

“Officers were able to visit the boy and his family in hospital (Tuesday) morning and even saw him walking,” reported Montreal police spokesperson Simon Delorme. “It’s really a miracle.”

Still, 22 deaths is unacceptable, eclipsing the 18 pedestrians killed in 2018, a grim six-year high, and now a decade-old high of 20, set in 2009.