Police Arrest Teen Who Allegedly Stole Car in Etobicoke and Crashed on Gardiner

A black BMW sits crashed into the new CBC building after an apparent carjacking in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 29, 2009. Ash Mishra/The Canadian Press

Toronto police have arrested a teen boy after an armed carjacking in Etobicoke ended with a car crash on the Gardiner Expressway.

Police said around 5 p.m. on Sunday a man named Eddy, who lives on Deanecourt Road near the East Mall and Rathburn Road, saw a male, believed to be 16 or 17 years old, trying to steal his neighbour’s car.