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Open this photo in gallery:A car is in flames after crashing into a light pole on Laird Drive in Toronto's east end on May 19, 2026.Andrew Clark/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIt was a typical Sunday afternoon. The FIFA World Cup Final had just started, and I decided to go for a drive. I don’t have anything against it; I just don’t want to watch it being performed.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:A car is in flames after crashing into a light pole on Laird Drive in Toronto's east end on May 19, 2026.Andrew Clark/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Acc
- ▪The FIFA World Cup Final had just started, and I decided to go for a drive.
- ▪I don’t have anything against it; I just don’t want to watch it being performed.
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Open this photo in gallery:A car is in flames after crashing into a light pole on Laird Drive in Toronto's east end on May 19, 2026.Andrew Clark/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIt was a typical Sunday afternoon. The FIFA World Cup Final had just started, and I decided to go for a drive. To me, soccer is like folk music. I don’t have anything against it; I just don’t want to watch it being performed. I was hoping that traffic would be light because all the soccer fans would be glued to their screens; I was looking forward to a nice stretch of clear roads.I guess I wasn’t the only one. Travelling south on Laird Drive in Toronto’s east end, I came upon a car in flames.
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