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Hurt Officer: Constable Brain Smithson was thrown on to the hood of a stolen car that sped through Jack Darling Park before the officer was hurled to the ground
Hurt Officer: Constable Brain Smithson was thrown on to the hood of a stolen car that sped through Jack Darling Park before the officer was hurled to the ground

Hurt Officer: Constable Brain Smithson was thrown on to the hood of a stolen car that sped through Jack Darling Park before the officer was hurled to the ground

Date6/21/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hurt Officer: Constable Brain Smithson was thrown on to the hood of a stolen car that sped through Jack Darling Park before the officer was hurled to the ground.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0028063F
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