'Suspicious' death probe launched after man collapses in downtown elevator

Police were called to Adelaide Street West and Widmer Street just after 6 a.m.

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Caption: A man collapsed in an elevator in a building near Adelaide Street West and Widmer Street this morning (Tina Mackenzie/CBC)

Toronto police are investigating a man's death as a suspected drug overdose after he collapsed in an elevator at a downtown condo on Friday morning.
Police were called to the area of Adelaide Street West and Widmer Street just after 6 a.m.
A man and his friend were in an elevator with at least two other people when the man collapsed and was reported to be blue in the face, Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook told CBC Toronto.
One of the people in the elevator phoned police, while the second person performed CPR on the man, who was unresponsive, she said.

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Caption: Toronto police forensic investigators were at the scene of the death on Friday morning. (Tina Mackenzie/CBC)

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Toronto paramedics.