Charges have been laid after a crash between an LRT practice and a Dodge car shut down a busy Kitchener avenue for greater than eight hours on Thursday.
In accordance with Waterloo Regional Police, the collision occurred round 9:40 a.m. on King Avenue West close to Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational College (KCI) and Grand River Hospital.
Safety video, which was later shared with , confirmed a black automotive making an attempt to make a U-turn instantly in entrance of an ION practice. The LRT then slammed into the driving force’s facet and pushed each automobiles into the intersection.
The pressure of the collision additionally ended up knocking the practice a number of metres off the LRT rails.
A broken Grand River Transit ION practice and black car could be seen on King Avenue W. on Nov. 21, 2024. (Dan Lauckner/)
King Avenue West was shut down for hours whereas crews cleaned up the scene and acquired the practice again on the observe. It reopened simply earlier than 6 p.m.
Grand River Transit mentioned ION service was impacted between Uptown Waterloo and the Kitchener Market station, and shuttle buses have been introduced in to assist riders get round Kitchener-Waterloo.
The closure additionally blocked the principle entrance of the Central Recent Market, which the grocery retailer mentioned affected their enterprise.
The driving force and passengers of the LRT weren’t harm.
A 31-year-old Toronto man driving the Dodge car was despatched to hospital with non-life threatening accidents.
The 31-year-old man is dealing with charges of careless driving, turn- not in security and drive- hand-held communication gadgets.
Anybody who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage is inspired to name police at 519-570-9777 extension 6399.
