One person was hurt in a crash that left a taxi cab flipped onto its roof beside the edge of the flyover ramp to Highway 8 east.
Police and emergency crews were dispatched to the scene before 2 a. m. on Monday, at the on-ramp from King Street East to Highway 8 East.
A white taxi cab was spotted upside down, with its roof nearly crushed. A tow truck arrived around 3:45 a. m., attaching chains to the cab to begin removing it from the roadway.
Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt confirmed that the cab fell off the Highway 7/8 flyover in an afternoon social media post.
Waterloo regional police sent out a notice about the ramp closure from King to Highway 8 shortly after 2 a. m. Police jurisdiction did not include the flyover.
Tow hooks up a rolled-over vehicle on the King Street East onramp to Highway 8 East. (Mark Douglas / 570 News Radio).
Some drivers ignored the road closure signs on King Street and passed right by police cruisers at the scene.
Providing an update at 5 a. m. on Monday, OPP stated that the closure had been lifted.
Schmidt mentioned that the driver of the cab was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
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