TORONTO

Toronto Sun readers are a sweet bunch.

The plight of one family whose bag of Christmas presents went missing in a weekend car accident has caught the attention of more than a few of them.

Christopher Garcia-Jones, 37, said he and his wife were driving on Hurontario St. on Saturday when ice from a tractor trailer they were passing struck the roof of their van and broke their rear window.

Garcia-Jones says that after they spun out of control and regained their composure at the scene, they realized the bag of presents they bought from Target — including an iPad mini for their youngest son who has Down syndrome — was missing.

The bag “had to have flown out” the broken window and been picked up by someone, Garcia-Jones told the Sun.

“Because unfortunately I paid cash, it’s harder to track down,” he said.

The receipts were also in the missing bag, he added.

E-mails and phone calls to the Toronto Sun from strangers — ranging from a football coach to a collection agency offering Leafs tickets — showed that people want to help.

“It tugs at your heartstrings, especially this time of year,” Dana Segin, who coaches football at McMaster University, said Tuesday.

Peel Regional Police Const. George Tudos said investigators are still looking into the matter.

“We will look at all kinds of different things, whether it’s video surveillance or speaking to witnesses,” he said.