Updated: June 25, 2026 at 9:53PM EDT
Published: June 25, 2026 at 8:17PM EDT
A man has died after he fell from an escalator at a mall in North York on Thursday afternoon.
Toronto police say they received reports of an incident on an escalator at RioCan Empress Walk shortly after 5 p.m.
Empress Walk incident Police cruisers are parked outside Empress Walk mall after a man fell from an escalator and died. (Jacob Estrin)
Emergency services arrived and a man was later pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
The mall was evacuated and closed as a result.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are not immediately known but police say the man was not working on the escalator.
Police say the incident is not being treated as a criminal matter and that the Ministry of Labour will be investigating.
