Charges had been laid after a crash between an LRT prepare and a Dodge car shut down a busy Kitchener road for greater than eight hours on Thursday.
In keeping with Waterloo Regional Police, the collision occurred round 9:40 a.m. on King Road West close to Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational Faculty (KCI) and Grand River Hospital.
Safety video, which was later shared with , confirmed a black automotive trying to make a U-turn instantly in entrance of an ION prepare. The LRT then slammed into the motive force’s facet and pushed each autos into the intersection.
The pressure of the collision additionally ended up knocking the prepare a number of metres off the LRT rails.
A broken Grand River Transit ION prepare and black car could be seen on King Road W. on Nov. 21, 2024. (Dan Lauckner/)
King Road West was shut down for hours whereas crews cleaned up the scene and obtained the prepare 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 had 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 damage.
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 going through charges of careless driving, turn- not in security and drive- hand-held communication units.
Anybody who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage is inspired to name police at 519-570-9777 extension 6399.
