CNW NEWS RELEASE ABOUT DEATH AT FESTIVAL

FLOAT ACCIDENT ON LAKESHORE


Toronto, August 4, 2013 – On behalf of the organizers, volunteers and revellers involved in today’s Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival parade, we would like to express our heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of a young man who died in a tragic accident earlier today.

“We are deeply saddened by this loss,” said Denise Herrerra-Jackson, CEO Festival Management Committee. “The Toronto police are conducting a full and thorough investigation and we will assist them in any way we can.”

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Stephen Weir
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