A two-year-old boy died after being struck by a taxi in a parking lot in northeast Calgary on Sunday, Calgary police said.
The collision happened about 5:30 p.m. in a lot near Winners at Sunridge Mall, in the 2500 block of 36th Street N.E., according to the Calgary Herald. Police said the taxi driver took the child and his family to the nearby Peter Lougheed Centre, where the boy died of his injuries.
"A two-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle at that address. The driver stayed at the scene and rendered all assistance that they could," said Staff Sgt. John Guigon of the Calgary Police Service in an interview late Sunday.
The police traffic section is investigating. Collision reconstruction officers remained at the scene through the evening, and the investigation was expected to take several hours. The collision scene was contained within the parking lot.
Guigon said the circumstances that led to the collision were not immediately known. The child's parents and many witnesses were present, and he said many people came forward to describe what they saw.
Police were interviewing the driver, an adult male, who is co-operating with the investigation. It was not known whether he was on duty at the time. As of Sunday night, police had not said whether he would face criminal charges.
CBC News reported it was the second pedestrian death in Calgary in a week. The Calgary Herald counted it as the fourth reported fatal pedestrian crash in the city in two weeks.
A man was struck and killed in Martindale on Oct. 26. The Herald reported that a man died that day after a vehicle rolled over him twice at the entrance to the Dashmesh Cultural Centre parking lot. A senior changing a tire on the shoulder of Deerfoot Trail was killed when struck by a passing vehicle on Oct. 20. A pedestrian was also struck and killed by a CTrain near Whitehorn Station early Saturday.
According to police, Calgary has had 27 fatal collisions this year, resulting in 33 deaths, 10 of them pedestrians. A June report to city council showed road safety in the city was trending in the wrong direction, and Alberta RCMP said in September that 2026 was on track to be the deadliest year on the province's roads.
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