July 27, 2022 • 5 hours ago • 2 minutes read • 8 Comments An unfenced path leads to train tracks as crews are on the scene the morning after a four-year-old girl was struck and killed by a GO train near Lolita and Silver Gardens Creek Blvd. in Mississauga, Ont. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Photo by ERNEST DOROSZUK /TORONTO SUN

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Neighbors were in shock less than 24 hours after a little girl died after wandering onto train tracks in Mississauga.

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This girl, who lived in an apartment building that overlooks the railroad tracks that carry the Milton GO trains, was killed Tuesday night at 7:40 p.m. on Dundas St. and Cawthra Rd. overpass. “It was the loudest thing I’d ever heard,” said Muhammad Tayyab, whose body shop is next to the tracks. He ran out to a scene of horror. “The girl was hit by the train,” he said. She described “four children” on the tracks and how an adult picked up the child and took him to her apartment. “Three children (were) screaming and crying very loudly,” he told reporters. “I saw the body of a child on the side who was injured very badly.” Neighbors at 620 Lolita Gardens describe the devastation, with family members falling to the ground and screaming as first responders tried to help the stricken child, who succumbed to serious injuries from a train that tried to stop but failed. managed.

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“I had never heard such a sound,” Tayyab said. “It was like metal on metal.” Train tracks as seen from Dundas St, E. the morning after a 4-year-old girl was struck and killed by a GO train near Lolita Gardens and Silver Creek Blvd. in Mississauga, Ont. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. ERNEST DOROSZUK/TORONTO SUN While the security fence near the apartment buildings just off Cawthra Rd. and to Dundas St. W. either knocked down or cut, this is not an official train crossing. However, residents say, unofficially, it was. “I see kids going through there every day,” resident Sofia Dodkowski said. “It’s too dangerous.” CP railroad workers could be seen Wednesday installing a back safety fence near where the incident occurred. It was not immediately known what role, if any, fencing may have played in the area. Canadian Pacific has not yet commented on the fence issue, but Tayyab said “these fences are constantly being repaired” and then torn down.

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Flags at City Hall have been flown at half-mast as we mourn and honor the memory of the young 4-year-old who tragically lost her life last night. My heart and thoughts go out to the family and everyone affected by this terrible accident. pic.twitter.com/Easmlh5PSV — Bonnie Crombie 🇨🇦 (@BonnieCrombie) July 27, 2022

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Peel Regional Police say this is not a criminal investigation. But while there is perhaps little to be gained from posthumous prosecutions, it should be noted that transporting children on railway lines is not legal. Needless to say, this tragedy has devastated the neighborhood and the entire city. We apologize, but this video failed to load. “Flags at City Hall are at half-staff as we mourn and honor the young 4-year-old girl who tragically lost her life last night,” Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie tweeted. “My heart and thoughts go out to the family and everyone affected by this terrible accident.” Transportation Secretary Caroline Mulroney added that she was “deeply saddened after news of an incident involving a GO train that resulted in the death of a child” and offered her “sincere condolences.” Deeply saddened by the news of an incident involving a GO train that resulted in the death of a child. My sincere condolences to the victim’s family. I spoke with the CEO of Metrolinx, who informed me that his team is assisting with the ongoing investigation. — Caroline Mulroney (@C_Mulroney) July 27, 2022

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